Posts Tagged ‘young voter’

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

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 [...]

How Far Has the Republican Party Come? Grading the GOP’s Progress Since November 4

Since their devastating defeat on November 4, Republicans have been working to rebuild and turn the tide of the past two cycles.  They took major steps in doing so, including replacing RNC Chairman Mike Duncan with Michael Steele and becoming involved with national organizations such as Rebuild the Party that focus on a complete reformation [...]

Why We Are Bleeding Young Voters: An E-mail Chain You Should Read

We receive a lot of constructive feedback from our readers, some positive and some negative. Regardless, we do our best to respond to and facilitate every suggestion we receive.  Today, I received an e-mail from a gentleman who I will leave anonymous out of respect for his privacy. He took issue with our recruiting policy [...]

A Word on ‘Young Voter’ Turnout

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 [...]