Slog - Comments on The Youth Vote, YEAH!! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah The youth vote has been a long sought prize. This year, research shows the sleeping giant awakening. There needs to be specific legislative goals to create an enduring involvement with citizens passing between the ages of 18 and 30. This agenda must come from youth itself, as well as the political establishment. This is not the first time the youth vote has been stirred. Urged to Choose or Loose, voting was cool in 1992. At the same time, the economy was slowing and after 12 years of Reagan / Bush, the 46 year-old Clinton was a fresh face. Clinton made... Copyright 2008 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:08:53 -0800 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:39:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe You shouldn't be allowed to vote until you're 30.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956310 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956310 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:22:51 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 or women or colored people

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956313 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:24:09 -0800 Comment by tsm I'm sure ECB's cynicism about young voters is completely unrelated to their tendency not to vote for her candidate.

BTW, you forgot the link. Again.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956315 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:25:34 -0800 Comment by Medina Everyone knows rock musicians can't catch. If they could, they'd play football. If they played football, then they wouldn't have any pent-up adolescent angst that drives rock-n-roll.

Also, rock musicians make terrible politicians.

]]> Medina http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956316 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956316 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:25:43 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Turnout was actually good in 2006.

But Obama got the independents to vote.

Which is why he's winning.

Rock musicians make great goodwill ambassadors, cause they have the necessary skills of barfing on dignitaries, causing trouble, and insulting people they think are the help but who turn out to be important.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956322 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956322 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:31:41 -0800 Comment by ECB Didn't forget any link. If you can't figure it out...

]]> ECB http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956329 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:33:14 -0800 Comment by tsm Well, of course, Google is always there to do the work that you're too lazy to bother with. It's just that quoting things without noting their source in any way is generally considered bad form.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956340 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956340 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:42:18 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I've always read the "youth vote" was something of a myth. 18-30 seems like a pretty wide net to cast as a demographic, but 18-24 year olds overwhelmingly vote for the same candidates their parents do.

Still, the more at the poles, the merrier.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956342 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956342 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:42:35 -0800 Comment by leek I wanted to know the source to know who actually typed "Choose or Loose." Does not voting equal promiscuity?

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956344 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956344 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:45:40 -0800 Comment by nbc no link, no attribution, srsly WTF? We're supposed to read your mind now?

]]> nbc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956352 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956352 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:49:08 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle polls
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]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956371 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956371 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:58:45 -0800 Comment by Dougsf #11 - "Poles" is way funnier, and probably more likely to get young people out, even if it was a typo.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956420 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956420 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:40:33 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Still think Kerry v. Bush was in 2006, I see.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956456 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:18:55 -0800 Comment by Banna Too bad while we're energizing the youth vote, we can't get them all to support things like capping social security before the retiring boomer generation drains the entire tax base dry. I'd sure like to stick it to my parents for failing to plan their retirement properly. A few years without money for PolyGrip and eating mush would do them good.

]]> Banna http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/the_youth_vote_yeah#c956478 Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:39:26 -0800