Quick Hits: Rock the Vote Concerts, Facebook Causes, and More
- Check out the 2008 Campaign in graphic novel form.
- News broke that Rock the Vote will start producing concerts.
- Facebook Causes gets its own blog.
- New Media @ the White House: rundown on government new media projects.
- Ronald Brownstein: A Look at the Southern Nature of the GOP.
- Iran cuts access to Facebook as election looms.
- More on Iran blocking facebook access and the impact on Iranian youth.
- Be sure to read this great article about celebrity activism.
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2008 Youth Vote in Context
The following charts and graphs are meant to contextualize the unique role that young voters played in the 2008 election, and their increasingly important role in a winning electoral coalition:
2008 Youth Electoral Map
2004 Youth Electoral Map
Youth Vote Partisan Advantage: 2000 - 2008
Youth Vote Historical Support: 1976 - 2008
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