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Alex Steed is a freelance journalist and activist based in New York City and Portland, Maine. He currently serves as executive editor of MakeSomethingHappen.net, where he writes about online organizing and the power of collective action. Since his teens, Alex has used writing to explore global social change movements and youth engagement. He has directed or worked with youth media projects including Blunt Youth Radio, Just Naive Enough, Angioplasty Media, and Hip Hop Without Borders. In the past several years, he has enjoyed varying levels of involvement with the Northwestern Global Engagement Summit. During the summer of 2008, he will be documenting his father’s life and developing a media literacy program for rural youth.
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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. Education costs were a huge priority of young voters in this election. This is one issue where people will be looking to see some early action from an Obama administration. --Mike Cross ...by: NY College Dems | 0 comments
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cross posted on CDNY blog: http://www.collegedemsny.com/... If you're a NY College Republican, you must be feeling pretty down right about now. You just got your ass handed to you by your ...by: NY College Dems | 0 comments
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The Senate runoff in Georgia will be working hard to keep the enthusiasm going from the November election and get the same excited democratic Obama supporters to come back a month later and vote ...by: Sarah Burris | 1 comment
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One thing about the Inauguration to be aware of is the many balls that are happening in Washington. Inauguration is a lot like the acceptance speech at the Oscars only they don't play you off the ...by: Sarah Burris | 3 comments
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