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...jacket lapel. “For the rest of your life, you’ll remember where you were, what happened,” Dingman said. “No matter what, this is just an historic election,” Hammonds agreed. “The youth have been energized.” When Hammonds and Dingman were asked who they voted for, both declined to answer. “No way—that is so personal,” Hammonds said. “It’s like asking for my social security number...
...demographic nevertheless continues to bring the smallest percentage of eligible voters to the polls, and the question of whether the youth will have any significant affect on elections is as old as the 26th Amendment...
...Franken has aggressively courted college students here, making dozens of stops to campuses across the state. And in a tight race with Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, his victory may hinge on whether the left-leaning youth electorate show up at the polls in record numbers. "A lot of these kids are freshman, and they were 10 or 11 when George Bush was elected," Franken said. "They just don't know that government is supposed to work. We have a President who can't go to Cleveland without signing a loyalty oath...
...observations, the youth vote is buzzing in Minnesota. During the 2004 presidential election, the state topped the nation in 18- to 24-year-old voters showing up at the polls, and nearly 90,000 new 18- to 29-year-olds have registered in the state. Young activists literally overnight put placards around the University of Minnesota campus with Obama and get-out-the vote signs. As early as 7 a.m. car horns incessantly honked as the activists waved signs and danced on University Ave., the main thoroughfare on campus...
...days, the 20-something black man heard friends complain about long lines at so-called satellite early voting stations here in crumbling Gary, Indiana. So he rose before dawn today, put on his baggy jeans and white leather jacket, and showed up at the Gary Christian Center for Youth, on Broadway Street, one of this city's main boulevards. "I was thinking I'd be able to get in and out of here at a decent hour," said the man, who declined to give his name...