Posts Tagged ‘vote’

Dear Young Voters: This Is What You Get When You Don’t Vote

Dec 1st, 2009
by Aaron Marks.
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Much of the focus on this blog has been about reaching out to win over young voters. However, in my hometown of Pittsburgh, recent developments are demonstrating exactly what happens when young voters don’t show up to the polls. As you may know, Pittsburgh’s economy has gone from its reliance upon the steel industry to [...]

My Question on the Youth Vote at Rebuild the Party’s RNC Candidate Forum

Jan 13th, 2009
by Aaron Marks.
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I just submitted a question regarding each RNC Chair candidate’s specific plan to win back the youth vote to the RNC Candidate Forum. You can view the video below — please consider going here and voting for it to be one of the questions that gets asked to the candidates!

Winning Back the Youth Vote (Part 3)

Dec 18th, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
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Future Majority, a top-notch progressive blog that I highly recommend you add to your daily reading list, has two very insightful blog posts today related to getting out the youth vote. First, Michael Connery looks at a report by Curtis Gans on young voter turnout. Michael offers an interesting conclusion that echoes many of the [...]

In Winning the Youth Vote, We Must Aim High

Dec 17th, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
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Over at the Washington Times, Ben Domenech writes an op-ed entitled, “Getting the youth vote.” Domenech’s overarching argument is this: It’s time for the face of conservatism in America to stop being a group of old-money gentlemen and ladies who came into politics fighting the Reds. It’s time to stop writing off the youth vote. [...]

How to Win Back Latinos, Part I

Nov 19th, 2008
by Abel S. Delgado.
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One issue Republican leaders have agreed on lately is the absolute necessity for the GOP to appeal to Latinos if they want to be a viable national party in the future. Florida, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Colorado should all be red states but they will not be if Republicans fail to connect with Latino [...]

Winning Back the Youth Vote (Part 1)

Nov 15th, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
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Jon Henke at The Next Right explores whether the young vote helped propel Barack Obama to victory in this year’s election.  His conclusion is as follows: [H]igher margin of victory among young voters could tell us one of two things. The wave was a myth: The youth vote was the same, but they swung to [...]

Lessons of the 2008 Election

Nov 7th, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
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Please note that this is by no means a comprehensive list of all of the lessons we should take from this year’s election.  These are just a few of the many important recognitions we must make moving forward. The GOP’s electoral map has shrunk. As much as it pains me to say it as a [...]

Damage Control: Containing a “Lurch to the Left” Through New Media

Nov 4th, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
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While the results have yet to come in from today’s election, there is no question that Democrats are poised to make significant inroads in the House and Senate, and unfortunately, last minute polling does not bode well for John McCain.  Fred Barnes writes a compelling piece for the Wall Street Journal about how this election [...]

A Word on ‘Young Voter’ Turnout

Nov 4th, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
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I just finished voting at my polling place in the city of Pittsburgh.  I live in what you can definitely call a college town – immediately adjacent to the University of Pittsburgh campus.  The line was about an hour long, consisted of roughly 75-100 people, and was probably 50-60% college students.  I first voted at [...]

Final Electoral Predictions: What a McCain Upset Would Look Like

Nov 3rd, 2008
by Aaron Marks.
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At this point, I don’t think that any of us can effectively predict what the outcome of tomorrow’s elections will be.  Quite frankly, I’m not even sure that we’ll know the who the next President of the United States is going to be for many hours, if not days, after polls close.  That said, it [...]