Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Get out the youth vote
Voters in the 18- to 29-year-old demographic could very well make the difference in today's election - if they find their way to the polls, that is.
"It isn’t out of the realm of possibility to say that the youth vote could decide the presidency," said Joshua Scott of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
And even if the final outcome doesn't hinge in the end on the involvement of young voters, all is not lost as far as this year's get-out-the-youth-vote effort, said Bridgewater College political-science professor David McQuilkin.
"This is great for the country as a whole. This process of reenergizing the youth vote bodes well for the present and the future," McQuilkin told the AFP.
"These are the people who will be the leaders of this country. Getting them involved in the process now gets things moving in the right direction," McQuilkin said.
Posted at 10:36 am by blog swarm
