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...nation in which a voter turnout of 60 percent is considered exceptional is not one sufficiently concerned with the health of its democracy, and America’s colleges and universities may be at least partially to blame. The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), a conservative education think tank, suggested as much in its recently released report, entitled “The Coming Crisis in Citizenship: Higher Education’s Failure to Teach America’s History and Institutions.” Although the report uses attention-grabbing language to highlight what it has deemed a failure of higher...
Click the vote! MySpace plans to target its 114 million users in a youth-voter-registration drive this month. Users will be able to post links on their pages to encourage friends to register online...
...political experts like MacManus fear this sordid episode could drag Florida voter turnout, already low in midterm election years, to new depths. And Foley's resignation, they predict, will resonate well beyond Florida - and could have a downer effect on young people contemplating careers in politics. "With boomers retiring, we need the new generation to come into politics," says MacManus. "But this is the kind of episode that has a chilling effect especially on younger folks because they identify most with the kinds of things involved - the Internet, the power of bloggers and such." In other words, today's brand...
...Both candidates have struggled to find a strong, clear message on Iraq. Braley supports turning over the fighting to the Iraqis and developing an exit strategy with a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops. "It's an issue on the minds of practically every voter," Braley said. "I have sought to emphasize the fact that it's time for a new direction in Iraq...
According to former Institute of Politics (IOP) Fellow Ron Fournier’s new book, the American voter and consumer needs mostly what Ted Danson and his cheerful barfly compatriots desired—that “sometimes you want to go/ where everybody knows your name.”In “Applebee’s America: How Successful Political Business, and Religious Leaders Connect with the New American Community,” Fournier and political strategists Douglas B. Sosnik and Matthew J. Dowd guide aspiring politicians and business owners on how to market their platform or product...