Archive for the 'Presidential' Category

Young Voters Strong Showing in PA

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Young people voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama in Pennsylvania with 61% going for Obama and 39% voting for Clinton. The trend of a generational divide in the voting patterns continues. Younger voters go for Obama, while older voters went for Clinton.
While we are still waiting for the raw turnout numbers of voters in Pennsylvania, the […]

Navigating the Last Stages of the Delegate Process

Friday, April 18th, 2008

The Young Voter PAC and Young Super Delegates want all young people to be able to run in their state’s delegate races. While we understand the rules affirm campaigns can cut their lists to the minimum amount required by the rules (which we post below), we still believe it is critical, in order to […]

Democratic Youth Vote in 2008

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Young people continue the trend of increased turnout and preference for Democrats in the primary elections. For stats, stories and other information on the elections please visit our “News” section. You can even sort by the news by “Presidential” just to see stories and stats on young voters so far this election cycle. […]

Young Voter PAC Statement on Obama’s California Delegates

Friday, April 11th, 2008

On behalf of the Young Voter PAC, we applaud the California Democratic Party, young leaders and the Obama campaign for standing up for the youth vote.

While we understand the political reality that the Obama campaign made earlier this week to cut some potential delegates off of the list in California, we along with the California […]

Super Tuesday II Results

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Overall young Democrats are still outnumbering young Republicans by at least a 2 to 1 margin. Young people again voted for Obama overwhelmingly over Clinton.

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* Young people were 16% of the overall vote on the Democratic side.
* Young people were the only age group to give Obama a margin of victory in Ohio.
* […]

Are Young Superdelegates Following the Trends of the Youth Vote?

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

This is cross posted on mtv.com
There is a lot of talk about young voter turnout and about Superdelegates these days. Young people have emerged as a critical bloc of voters. The media, candidates and many naysayers of the youth vote are finally giving them and the issues they care about attention on […]

Young Dems Crush Young Repubs Turnout in WI

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Young people in Wisconsin continue the trend of turning out in large numbers for Democrats.
Young people turning out for Democrats in Wisconsin almost doubled. In 2004, 91,120 young people voted in the Democratic primary compared to 175,841 who voted for Democrats in the 2008 Wisconsin primary.
Young people also increased their share of […]

Young Voters Prove They Are Needed for a Democratic Win in 2008

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Young Democrats Once Again Outperform Young Republicans
Washington, DC— Young people continued the trend of increased turnout and preference for Democrats in the South Carolina Primary. Young people almost tripled their turnout numbers from 2004 and almost doubled the turnout numbers of young Republicans.
“Young people in South Carolina continued to carry the torch […]

Three Democratic Youth Voting Groups Team Up in Nevada to Stop One Night Stands

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Hope to Turn Out the Youth Vote and Provide a “Meaningful Relationship with Democracy”
Las Vegas, NV—Three Democratic youth groups—Democrats Work, Young Voter PAC and Young Democrats of Nevada—are teaming up in Nevada to let young people know they need to caucus for Democrats on January 19th, but they don’t want it to be a one […]

Nevada, Make it More Than a One Night Stand

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Hey Nevada, we will be hitting the town in Vegas to hand out tshirts with the logos below…we hope to see you out and about. We will also be handing out flyers with caucus site info.