Quick Hits: New GI Generation, United We Serve, and More
- Boston Globe: Obama's change message still resonates with youth.
- Winograd and Hais wonder in the LA Times whether the Millennials are taking on the role of their grandparents.
- Allison Fine reports on the Case Foundation's Giving Challenge.
- United We Serve, the White House summer of service, kicked of Monday.
- YouTube and All For Good team up to connect video makers and nonprofits.
- Google + Data.gov + Gapminder Visualizations: Is this a game changer?
- Liberty University has decided that maybe their Young Democrats policy WAS a bit unfair.
- A profile of a few young campaign staffers from the Obama campaign and what they're planning to do in the future.
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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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