Monday, July 05, 2004
..we're the kids in America....
Homage to the movie, "Clueless".
Young people might finally be ready to rock the vote:
Recent surveys of youth — most often college students — have provided conflicting data about the level of interest in the upcoming presidential election.
Still, several experts who track youth movements believe change is afoot, particularly among "millennials," young adults born after 1981 who are coming of age in the new millennium. Now no older than 22, they represent millions of potential new voters.
Michael Wood, vice president of Teenage Research Unlimited, says the election has been coming up frequently — and spontaneously — during his talks with young people who serve as advisers for the Illinois-based market research company.
"I haven't seen this much interest since 1992," Wood says, referring to the first presidential election Bill Clinton (news - web sites) won. It was the only presidential race since 1972, when the voting age was dropped to 18, in which turnout among the youngest voters topped 50 percent.
This is not a constituency Bush is likely to dominate....but Kerry absolutely can. Further I think this shows what I believe is an overarching anger with much of the electorate at what's going on with our nation right now...with the direction we're heading.
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Young people might finally be ready to rock the vote:
Recent surveys of youth — most often college students — have provided conflicting data about the level of interest in the upcoming presidential election.
Still, several experts who track youth movements believe change is afoot, particularly among "millennials," young adults born after 1981 who are coming of age in the new millennium. Now no older than 22, they represent millions of potential new voters.
Michael Wood, vice president of Teenage Research Unlimited, says the election has been coming up frequently — and spontaneously — during his talks with young people who serve as advisers for the Illinois-based market research company.
"I haven't seen this much interest since 1992," Wood says, referring to the first presidential election Bill Clinton (news - web sites) won. It was the only presidential race since 1972, when the voting age was dropped to 18, in which turnout among the youngest voters topped 50 percent.
This is not a constituency Bush is likely to dominate....but Kerry absolutely can. Further I think this shows what I believe is an overarching anger with much of the electorate at what's going on with our nation right now...with the direction we're heading.
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