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MINNEAPOLIS—Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson '94 moderated a discussion on the emerging trends among the youth vote in elections during an Institute of Politics panel event held on Tuesday in conjunction with the Republican National Convention...
...much attention has been paid to the youth vote, especially since this group has become more active in politics in recent years," said Grayson, who is also a member of the IOP Senior Advisory Board. "But what we need to understand is what the rise of the youth vote means for this election and for future cycles...
...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...
...targeted to women voters, who currently show less support nationwide for McCain than George W. Bush earned in 2004, according to the Gallup Poll. "This trust has been given to me 88 years almost to the day after the women of America first gained the right to vote," Palin said Friday, earning some of the loudest applause of the announcement rally. "It turns out the women of America aren't finished yet and we can shatter that glass ceiling once...
...situation is quickly reaching that of political farce. Members of the PAD, who have been staging protests in Bangkok for months, are pushing for Samak's resignation and calling for a new, largely appointed parliament to take over governmental duties. The protesters accuse Samak, whose party won a national vote last December, of being nothing more than a proxy for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a bloodless army coup in 2006 and now faces corruption charges. (Earlier in August, Thaksin fled to England, claiming he will not receive a fair trial back home.) Meanwhile...