Taking their turn to prove young people vote when targeted, 18-29 year olds showed up strong for Democrats in New Hampshire increasing their turnout by at least 25% over 2004. The Young Voter PAC applauds both the Clinton and Obama campaigns for targeting young people. The Clinton campaign targeted young women and young […]

We have plenty of theories this morning on how and why Clinton pulled out a win in the New Hampshire primary. I am happy to say the youth vote is not being blamed for Obama’s loss and instead the Clinton campaign and even some pundits are saying it was because of the youth vote that […]

Nevada Young Voters Show Up Strong for Democrats
Youth Vote Groups Vow to Make the Caucus More than a One Night Stand
Las Vegas, NV—Three Democratic youth groups—Democrats Work, Young Voter PAC and Young Democrats of Nevada—teamed up in Nevada to help turn the Democratic youth vote out and to ensure the caucus isn’t a one night […]

Young people voted for Democrats over Republicans in the first two primary states. In Iowa, 80% of the young voters voted for Democrats and in New Hampshire 61% of the young voters chose Democrats over Republicans. With young people making up 25% of the national electorate this year, they will ensure a Democrat […]

Young people proved all the naysayers wrong in Iowa by showing up strong for Barack Obama. The Young Voter PAC is proud of the three top Democratic campaigns that employed Youth Vote Directors. Young people are a growing bloc of voters for Democrats and Obama’s win tonight legitimizes their role in Democratic politics.
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Iowa is over, but we saved our home page post just for history’s sake…
Students Needing Help

If you are going to school in Iowa and want to come back and caucus, we can help. In order to get gas money and a hotel room just download and fill out this form. Email the form to […]

Young Voter PAC Helps Students Get Back to Caucus: Providing Youth Vote Stories for the Press Community
Des Moines, Iowa–The Young Voter PAC, a national group that helps Democrats win with the youth vote, is helping over 150 students get back to caucus and reached over 58k young people ages 18-35 via email and text messages. […]

Iowa Youth Press Corps
a resource for members of the media
Key youth groups, both partisan and non-partisan, are working to get students and young people (ages 17-35) to the Iowa Caucus. The bios and contact information for national youth vote experts and young people caucusing can be downloaded here or by emailing jane@youngvoterpac.org. The resource list […]

In recent weeks the student vote in Iowa has garnered significant attention. The Young Voter PAC, a Democratic organization dedicated to increasing the 18-35 year-old vote, wishes the attention had focused purely on turning out the youth and student vote but unfortunately, it has not. Numerous statements by several candidates, their surrogates, and […]

In a series of unfortunate statements, the Clinton campaign took a stab at young people while attacking Barak Obama’s effort to reach out to student voters. As reported in The Politico, a Clinton campaign official said “We are not courting out-of-staters. The Iowa caucus ought to be for Iowans.”Senator Clinton went on to say […]