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WHOM WOULD YOU CHOOSE? Vote for who you think should be the 2008 Person of the Year at time.com/poywalkup
...Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University. This rise represents an increase of 3.4 million voters since 2004. While nationally 53 percent of those under the age of 30 have taken at least one college course, the data revealed that of those in that age group who voted, 70 percent had gone to college. “It’s mainly a social class difference between the working and middle class,” said CIRCLE Director Peter Levine. “The middle class has more confidence in the government and the possibility of change through...
...pictures of how teens would vote...
Supporters of a traditional definition of marriage have pushed for statewide votes in more than 30 states, and gay marriage has survived in none of them. Those bans, together with existing legislation, make gay marriage expressly illegal in 45 states. And while the outcome of the legal challenges to California's recent vote to ban gay marriage will be watched closely, even gay rights activists say the momentum is draining from the gay marriage fight...
...fundamental flaw is that it wants to blow things up without having articulated how it will put things back together again. Opposition leaders promise to bring a so-called "new politics" to Thailand. But what that means isn't clear, apart from trying to circumvent the problem of rampant vote-buying by replacing the one-person-one-vote system with a largely appointed parliament. Doing so would ensure that the electorate's pesky habit of returning pro-Thaksin elements to office would cease. But Thailand's reputation as a stable, democratic oasis in Asia would take a body blow...