Get Out the Vote With Your Social Networks

Tomorrow young voters across the country have the chance to be the margin of victory for Sen. Barack Obama and Democrats up-and-down the ballot.

Tomorrow our generation has the chance to silence the critics that have been promulgating the slander that young people do not care, will not vote, and are not worth the effort.

We have one more day to convince our friends to vote. It is time to leverage our social networks to make this final push.

In 2004 the Young Democrats of America had a lot of success building online visibility with the equivalent of a digital I Voted Today sticker as a profile picture. This year we have another. Change your Facebook and MySpace profile pictures to the image in this post. Tag your friends in the picture and encourage them to do the same.

You have friends on social networking sites that would vote for Democrats but just need that extra push to get them to the polls. Send messages to these friends. Leave comments on their profiles. Ask them if they have any questions or need a ride to the polls. If you can get them to assure you they will vote they are much more likely to do so.

John McCain and his fellow Republicans don't want you to vote and don't think you will vote. McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis had this to say about us:

"The whole premise of Barack Obama's campaign was, 'We're going to restructure the political dynamic in America.' There has not been a restructuring," he said. "Where's the youth vote? They come to his events. They wear nice shirts."

We are up against a campaign and a party that have no respect for our generation. They want our silence, not our voices, and have often engaged in tactics with the intent of suppressing them.

Tomorrow we can make our voices heard.

One more day.