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

Breaking News
Political Wire:
Stupak Group Cut in HalfHere's why there is no deal with Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI): Roll Call reports House Democratic leaders appear to be succeeding in their push to peel off abortion-rights opponents lined up with Stupak ...Think Progress:
Tea Party protesters reportedly spit on one lawmaker, call others ‘faggot’ and the n-word.Today’s Code Red rally appears to be one of the most raucous Tea Party gatherings on Capitol Hill yet. In addition to protesters shouting with rage at federal lawmakers, Sam Stein reports on ...Political Wire:
Bonus Quote of the Day"I think the Republicans have a level of energy but inside that energy they have their own problem and fissures. They're basically at the behest of a fringe group that's taken control of their own ...Think Progress:
Tea Party sign threatens gun violence if health care passes.Tea Party activists have gathered on Capitol Hill today for a “Code Red” rally against health care reform. Speakers at the event included Republican Reps. Steve King (IA), Michele ...Political Wire:
House Will Take Separate Vote on Senate BillHouse Democrats "have decided to take a separate vote on the Senate version of the health care bill, rejecting an earlier, much-criticized strategy that would have permitted them to 'deem' the ...
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Seriously overboard, don't you think? Preceding the president's speech to a gathering of House Democrats, thousands of protesters descended around the Capitol to protest the passage of health care ...by: Craig Berger | 0 comments
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Great new ad from Operation Free Our national security organizations are taking climate change seriously and congress needs to do the same: The DOD has put climate change into their quadrennial ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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Yesterday Michael Moore appeared on the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer to talk about how we're kind of getting shafted on the health care "compromise" that no republicans will vote for anyway. ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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The Kansas City Star has a cool piece that shows off how much of the stimulus that young people got I wanted to list here. According to an assessment of the Department of Labor's jobs-for-youth ...by: Sarah Burris | 0 comments
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Millennials (young Americans born 1982-2003) rate the quality of education and the cost of college near the top of the list of issues about which they are most concerned, just behind jobs and the ...by: Millennial Makeover | 0 comments
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Cultural Capitalizers
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