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...Politics of the New?” While much of the leg work may be done by political veterans in think tanks, universities, and Congressional researchers, I believe that the creativity and enthusiasm required by such a monumental task can only be undertaken by the youth of this country. We are not burdened by a generation of experiences or beholden to any set of ideas because of employment or family status. Young people are best positioned to see a changing world, because we are living this changing world. While we may not have all the answers, we know...
...preliminary numbers are in, and America’s youth vote has lost again. Despite an historic push by numerous groups, including Rock the Vote and Vote or Die, it seems that more voters ages 18-30 voted than in the last election, yet only in proportion to the increased turnout among the entire electorate. Based on the historic levels of voter registration among the young, we expected more from Generation...
...electrify young people with the wonder of the ballot box finally delivered, America might finally have paid attention to the interests of younger votes, such as the future of higher education and the national debt which older Americans will never live to repay. One can even fantasize that the youth would finally have meaningfully engaged in politics, preparing them to be the better citizens of tomorrow. Indeed, given that the 18-30 demographic seems to have favored Kerry to Bush 55 percent to 45 percent, younger voters could have swung the election merely by turning out in the same numbers...
...issue is not simply youth apathy. Most youths who are away at college do not have the chance to go into a voting booth on Election Day. College students should never be disenfranchised by antiquated systems for obtaining and filling out absentee ballots. Absentee ballots are far more prevalent and easy to obtain than they have been in the past, but there is still much work to be done. Many students who duly registered and applied for ballots never got them, leaving them no way to exercise their democratic rights but a plane ticket home. Still more students were daunted...
...candidates could also have done a better job in reaching out to younger voters. One important reason for youth to vote is so that politicians tailor their policies to youth, but those who would run the country should have the same interest states do in energizing the electorate. After a few exciting noises about higher education issues earlier in the campaign, youth issues drifted off the national radar screen entirely. If candidates talked more about the investments in the future that really matter to younger voters, they themselves would be investing in the strength of American democracy as it rolls...