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 […]

Written by: Future Majority Editors and Contributors
It gets tiring correcting our elders since they “know what’s best for us” and it is really hard not being completely sarcastic in this response.
Hill.com published a story titled “Running Idol Style” which describes yet another out of touch story and ridiculous attempt by Hollywood and Washington insiders to […]

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 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 […]

The 2008 Presidential cycle is here and candidates are increasingly competing for the youth vote. Rightfully so, young people voted in record numbers in the 2004 and 2006 elections and all signs point to 2008 being even bigger for the youth vote. It is not just hype or hope that young voters can […]