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The Entrepreneurial Generation by Donna Fenn
April 28, 2008
Will Generation Y Choose the Next President?
Posted at 6:16 PM
Remember when it was de rigueur to characterize Generation Y as apathetic and politically ignorant? Not anymore. 44 million of them (21% of the U.S. voting population) will be eligible to vote next November and there’s strong evidence that they’ll head to polls in droves.
According to research from the Center for Information on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and Rock the Vote, steady declines in the youth vote began to turn around in 2004 and 2006, when turnout among that age group spiked 9% in the general election and 3% in the midterms compared to four years prior. That’s more than double and triple the increased turnout rates among voters in other age groups. CIRCLE also reports equally dramatic increases in the youth vote in the New Hampshire and Iowa primaries and in at least seven of the Super Tuesday states. So, yes, Gen Y is doing more than just adding their names to supporters lists on the candidates’ Facebook pages; they’re out there pulling the levers.
I’ll be visiting the CIRCLE website frequently to keep an eye on youth voting numbers as the contests continue. And, just for fun, I’m checking out those Facebook pages as well. Supporter tallies as of this morning: Obama: 797,858; Clinton: 151,823; McCain: 118,992.
Lastly, if you’re still on the fence about who you’re voting for in November, I’ve come across two websites that are designed to help you choose. Both were started by Gen Y entrepreneurs. VoteGopher.com compares the candidates on a variety of issues and provides succinct summaries of their positions; and Glassbooth.org quizzes you about your positions on a number of hot topics then tells you which candidate is most closely aligned with your views. The results might surprise you! BTW, I first learned about Glassbooth.com on one of my new favorite blogs about young entrepreneurs, CollegeMogul.com.
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Dear Fellow Americans,
Our Great-grand Nation, the United States of America
is and will face very critical “Challenges” in coming
years and decades.
The Problems will be tough and solutions would not
easy.
The key will the cool, calm, and collectedness of our
next President[ What I call Presidential Temperament’
The one remaining candidate who has consistently that
Presidential Temperament is Senator Obama.
His message of change makes sense. We have to stop
doing business in Washington old ways. The new ways of
lifting each other up and stopping tearing each other
down will not held our Great grand Nation. The
Terrorists around the world[real] and inadvertently
assisted by some shortsighted media [Who are party to
this perpetuation of psychological terrorism of
mis-information, dis-information, and duplicity], that
is what we do not need.
In order to send the message around the world that
America is get Senator Obama our next president. At
least on thing he has shown consistently is the
presidential Temperament. The Temperament of our next
president is very critical address internal and
internal challenges. Let us defeat real external
terrorists snd internal psychological terrorists once
for all.
God Bless out Great grand Nation, its diverse people,
and Senator Obama. He is the ans her to our future
stability, security, safety, and regain our status in the world. Wright is wrong and senator is right. I applaud him for maintaing Presidential Temperament during current primary process.
Yours truly,
COL.[retd] A.M.Khajawall
Disables American Veteran.
Las Vegas Nevada.
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