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...Purcell currently lives in Kirkland House—he calls it a “civic-minded House”—and he compares his current position surrounded by young minds to his previous role interacting with his many political constituents...
...Although concrete numbers are not yet available, exit polls indicate a significant jump in youth turnout. Between 22 and 24 million ballots were cast by young voters, amounting to at least a 2.2 million increase from 2004, according to Tufts University’s Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. H-VOTE, an Institute of Politics program that helped students register in their home states and obtain absentee ballots, reported a four-fold increase in the number of voters it registered compared to 2004. Two thousand and seventeen students registered or pledged to vote this year through...
...equality side in California that seemed to have the most fervor. A symbolic low point for the gay side came on Oct. 13, when the Sacramento Bee ran a remarkable story about Rick and Pam Patterson, a Mormon couple of modest means - he drives a 10-year-old Honda Civic, she raises their five boys - who had withdrawn $50,000 from their savings account and given it to the pro-8 campaign. "It was a decision we made very prayerfully," Pam Patterson, 48, told the Bee's Jennifer Garza. "Was it an easy decision? No. But it was a clear...
...Many politicians, both pro and anti-Kirchner, concur with that assessment. "He is the one definitely calling the shots," says Maria Eugenia Estenssoro of the centrist Civic Coalition Party, which came in second in last year's elections. "It is a big disappointment," says another legislator from Fernández's camp, who requested anonymity. "Kirchner is now in charge again...
...youth turnout in the presidential election jumped 11 percent, according to the final election report of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement...