Young voters -- a wild card in 2006 U.S. elections
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A tech-savvy college senior with a   passion for politics, Ryan Briggs is fed up with the White   House and is urging young Democrats to stand up for their   party. But he's not waving placards or handing out fliers.
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ELECTION: Electorate: 15.9 million. Voting age: 18.
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Job prospects for college graduates are looking up thanks to the 2008 presidential candidates. Eighteen contenders and counting translates into plenty of campaign hiring of promising but untested newcomers, especially in states with early nominating contests.
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Voter databases are old hat to political campaigns. But by taking that same data and overlaying it on a map -- a technology called geographic information systems -- operatives are becoming more effective at getting out the vote. By Jacob Ogles.
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By KRIS WISE  DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER  A new study shows young voters could be critical to the outcome of November's midterm elections in West Virginia, where youth turnout in similar elections has been declining in the past two decades to less than 16 percent.
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Americans of ages 18 to 30 hold political views that differ from the general population in some ways that are not at all surprising, and some that are, according to the latest survey by the nonprofit group Young Voter Strategies.
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In an election year when just a few thousand votes in a few states could decide the winner, the growing number of voters who cast ballots weeks before Election Day is transforming the landscape for political campaigns.
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They urged young people to âVote for Changeâ and âRock the Vote.â They gave concerts and readings in âbattlegroundâ states.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in New York
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As the presidential campaign got underway a year ago, the candidates faced a volatile political environment dominated by the Iraq war, illegal immigration and terrorism. A year later, the campaigns are rewriting their scripts as it appears that the race may actually be shaped once more by the eco...
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When the election comes around, political parties push to get out the vote. This often entails a canvassing process where volunteers go door-to-door, frequently with imprecise information. A little-known start up is determined to challenge that assumption by offering an intelligent approach to canvassing.
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Two national polls of American children have markedly different results this year, one showing President Bush a clear winner, and the other predicting an even bigger win for Sen. John Kerry.
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It's "Hillblazers" versus "Barackstars" on US college campuses, where presidential hopefuls are counting on zealous student volunteers to turn out the youth vote in November 2008.
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Under-30 voters came through in big numbers this year, with more than 20 million casting a ballot for president, researchers found. The turnout bested their 2000 showing by more than nine percentage points and heartened activists who worked to get young voters to the polls.
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The Democrats appear to be gaining the upper hand in the battle to sign up new voters in the all-important swing states, an Associated Press analysis suggests.    The AP analysis of the most up-to-date figures from across the country found that, in every state where complete data is available, the Democrats have registered more new voters than Republicans...
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Having heard the blather or ranting about Red vs. Blue states for some time, I decided that I could check the curious general claim that "Red states are beneficiaries of tax revenue".  Having obtained the data here about year-by-year comparisons of the states, I obtained some results for 2004.  My intent is to identify trends without much partisan bias (BTW, I'm a Nader voter) in an American viewpoint that's not so much grey, but purple.
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Interviews across the country produced anecdotal evidence that some younger people carried their enthusiasm into the polling place.