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These two, not mutually-exclusive groups of voters, notorious for their persistent (if not unjustified) political apathy, are set to turnout in record numbers to cast ballots, and cast them, not really for Kerry, but against Bush. Spurred by a once-in-a-lifetime convergence of mobilizing factors, these voters appear to be the potential deciding force in a number of swing states across the country...
...Mosh” and Jadakiss’ smash “Why,” and people are packing in rallies and conventions held by Citizen Change, Simmons’ HSAN and the Hip-Hop Convention. This media-savvy organizing, coupled with the traditional grassroots registration and voter turnout by groups like the NAACP, America Coming Together (ACT) and America Votes, has resulted in surging registration rates for new black voters...
...www.smackdownyourvote.com. Pay attention to candidates’ platforms, records and statements. Follow up with fact-checking resources on the network websites or the oft-neutral www.factcheck.org. If you have voting questions, check out H-VOTE, a house competition at Harvard intended to turn youth voter registration into youth voter turnout. To locate your polling place or find contact information for Cambridge, go to http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/~Election/. If you have last-minute questions about your absentee ballot, go to www.iop.harvard.edu, click on absentee voting information, click on your state and follow the links to your county’s election contact...
However, politicians will not respond to you unless you vote. According to Harvard Institute of Politics research done last year, students believe overwhelmingly (over 70 percent) that politics is relevant to their lives. Yet they still have historically low turnout. In the 2000 election, around 42 percent of people age 18 to 24 voted compared to 70 percent of people age 25 and up. The demographics of voter registration and turnout are closely studied by political strategists when determining who to target. If young people are not registered or do not have reliable turnout, politicians will not be compelled...
...short, the one week campaign became a hand-shaking, slogan-making and candy-bribing contest that left many of my classmates thinking, “This is stupid. Why should I vote?” The result is a university-wide election turnout of just over 40 percent. Though this is higher than it’s ever been before, the current system is leaving many first-years walking away from student government before they even give it a chance...