Archive for October, 2007

How to Get 18-35 Year-Olds to Vote for Your Candidate

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

November 6th–Election Day 2007–is just around the corner for folks in many states. If you’re reading this, you probably don’t need to be convinced to target young people to vote in the upcoming elections. If you still need convincing, you might want to check out an article in the Politico that laid out some statistics.
The […]

Jane Fleming Kleeb Goes on Fox

Monday, October 15th, 2007

The Republicans are at it once again trying to discredit Democratic Members of Congress who have served in the military. Jane Fleming Kleeb, the Young Voter Pac Executive Director, went on Hannity and Colmes to discuss Rep. Murtha and his comments about the case involving Marines in Haditha. She encourages Hannity and his Republican guest […]

More Than Icing, Young People are the Future Majority

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Adam Nagourney misses an opportunity to report on important youth vote statistics and trends in his New York Times article “Will Obama Rock the Youth Vote?” Worse than Nagourney’s lack of reporting though is the Obama Campaign Manager’s comment on the importance of the youth vote to their campaign.
The misunderstanding of the increase in youth […]

Young People are “Hidden Voters” and the “Icing on the Cake”…Maybe We are Unicorns Too

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Young voters are not mythical unicorns; we don’t just show up out of nowhere nor do we just live in a candidate’s dreams. Any candidate who wants a young person’s vote must target us, talk to us about issues we care about and then have a field and messaging program to get us to the […]