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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:37 PM Original message |
Here's a rare negative thread on DU: I'm not seeing young people turn out in high #s |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Republicans actively suppress the student vote. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. dupe |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yup. The kids are voting in huge quantities here. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are you near a university? |
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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Division I school less than ten minutes away nt |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. is there a voting location closer to the school? they bus them to the closest one here. |
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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. There's not. There's supposed to be a shuttle on Nov 4 though. |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Remember last time Michael Moore did a cool student |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. I heard same on CNN..that young people weren't turning out. nt |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Many will vote on election day -- they do not do things in advance. Plus you may not be near a |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. When my daughter was away at college |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. It is possible that many of them |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't have an answer, but I want to thank you for being so involved |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not here... |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. im not sure i'd worry about early voting being representative |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think a lot of college students are still registered at home. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. here are the stats |
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JustinL (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. here's the 2004 NC exit poll for comparison |
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Citizen Jane (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. Absentee Ballot |
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bluemarkers (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. my son |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm waiting for the 4th. |
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psychmommy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. my question: is are young black folks early voting? |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. From Gallup - Breakdown of early voting |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. There is a polling place at the NC State campus where my son is. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't know about anyone else but in 1996 when I was in college I voted through absentee ballot |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. The 18 or 19 year olds may not be residents of the state the college is in, and may be voting by |
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Mark46818 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. Voted today in Indiana |
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Allyoop (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Obama headquarters? |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. My son (15) is a member of the Young Democrats, and he doesn't want me to vote early. |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. Most of my friends vote absentee. |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. I voted early in Nevada and didn't see a young person there |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. the black people you see turning out are not 18-29? |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
33. They never do the way people hope. |
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