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...Carl M. Cannon, a contributing editor for National Journal magazine and an IOP Fellow during the spring of 2007, talked about the events that led to the passing of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the minimum voting age to 18 years...
...Civil War, there was a running joke about how most soldiers were old enough to shoot, but too young to vote," Cannon said. "That sentiment remained alive for another century before the Vietnam War, an unpopular and unsuccessful war that used young draftees as soldiers, created the perfect storm for the 26th Amendment...
Although the conventional wisdom in the lead-up to amendment’s passage was that new, young voters would vote liberal, Cannon noted that the 1972 presidential election proved that notion false, as young people abandoned Democrat George McGovern's campaign in droves for Republican Richard Nixon's successful candidacy. That result happened again in 1980, as young people overwhelmingly turned out to support Republican Ronald Reagan...
...conventional wisdom finally became reality as Kerry carried the youth vote by a wide margin," Cannon said...
...show for Bono's ONE Campaign and a MoveOn.org show with practically every cool indie band in America: Rilo Kiley, Death Cab, Zooey Deschanel, the Silversun Pickups, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Cold War Kids. There have also been shows by John Legend, Nas, N.E.R.D., Nick Cannon (as a DJ), Jakob Dylan, Fall Out Boy, Sheryl Crow, Dave Matthews, Rage Against the Machine, Melissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper, Rufus Wainwright and Dave Navarro. Even Sugarland, one of the most popular country bands, is here. I would not be surprised if James Taylor is going from room to room singing delegates...