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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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Bumped. Excellent resource for student leaders to gain more influence on campus. --Craig In the face of record budget cuts for universities and colleges across the country -- both public and ...by: ForStudentPower | 0 comments
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While the economy is causing some pain in this country, the silver lining may be the injection of even more young energy into government jobs. A piece in the Washington Post examined the boom in ...by: Craig Berger | 0 comments
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I've written a few times now about larger cities in the Rust Belt (largely the Detroit to Buffalo corridor, with Pittsburgh included), what they're lacking, and how they can bounce back. I'll ...by: Craig Berger | 0 comments
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Update: Kos just posted an example of the political deafness and blindness I just described below from a 2006 Peggy Noonan column. Excerpt: Conservatives are always writing about the strains and ...by: Craig Berger | 0 comments
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There was an interesting piece on CNN yesterday as the terrorist attacks unfolded in India. "With more than 6 million members worldwide, an estimated 80 messages, or "tweets," were being sent to ...by: Sarah Burris | 1 comment
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