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...Four years later, the Institute of Politics Youth Survey indicates that young voters’ distaste for the status quo has intensified, fed by growing concern about the economy...
...Such a desire for change has historically raised projections of youth turnout. Thomas E. Patterson, a professor at the Kennedy School, cited the example of Republican Ronald Reagan’s 1980 run against incumbent Jimmy Carter, which led to an increase in youth voting...
...This time, with a Republican in the White House and change in high demand, Democrats are poised to benefit from a projected youth voter spike. Obama leads Republican John McCain by 26 percent among 18-to-24-year-olds, according to the most recent Institute of Politics survey—nearly double the lead Democratic challenger John Kerry held over George W. Bush...
...increase in youth interest has not been matched by an increase in the ease of voting,” said Alice J. Gissinger ’11, the student leader of H-VOTE, an IOP program aimed at aiding student voters...
...response to these rules, some are trying to facilitate youth voting using technology. At Harvard, the four-year-old H-VOTE program stages registration drives, mails registration and absentee applications, and keeps a database of 1,733 registered student voters, allowing the organization to alert students about registration deadlines or to vote on election...