Big Voter Turnout Seen Among Young People
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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 European elections showed strong campaigning by political parties can boost turnout in polls, says a report.
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Voter registration drives aimed at young people are turning 18- to 24-year-olds into an important variable in the presidential election, especially in decisive battleground states such as Michigan - where nearly 100,000 young people have registered in recent months - and Wisconsin, where the numbers are even higher.    They are the nation's newest swing voters, with polls showing their support for the major candidates has vacillated in recent months...
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Unprecedented get-out-the-vote efforts by Democrats, Republicans and a host of partisan and non-partisan groups will likely drive turnout in the Nov. 2 presidential election significantly higher than in 2000, political analysts said on Wednesday.
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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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Nearly two-thirds of young Americans are disengaged from political and civic life and only a quarter regularly vote, a survey released on Tuesday showed.
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Millions of voters look at Barack Obama and see a future president. Maya Soetoro-Ng looks at her big brother and sees a father figure.
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In its third presidential election, the Internet has finally reached political adolescence. Candidates use it to raise millions and rally their followers.
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Voter turnout is expected to be high in the US election, according to recent polls, and many Americans have already cast their ballots in record early voting.
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They love using their iPods, laptops and cell phones for political information, yet many young adults say they aren't quite sure how to get a ballot in the first place.
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A registration campaign in Democratic areas has added tens of thousands of new voters to the rolls in Ohio and Florida.
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Unprecedented get-out-the-vote  efforts by Democrats, Republicans and a host of partisan and  non-partisan groups will likely drive turnout in the Nov. 2  presidential election significantly higher than in 2000,  political analysts said on Wednesday.
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The emotions are as jumbled as the campaign posters are clear. There is fear over the vote, hope for the future, disdain at the parties, and resilience among the people.
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HONG KONG: More than 1.5 million people voted yesterday in a record turnout for the third Legislative Council (LegCo) elections since Hong Kong&#39;s reunification with the motherland.
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Nic Cochran is 16 years old, but he has already learned one of the basic truths of politics. Beyond the countless stump speeches and spin, elections are won or lost on Election Day.
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Say what you will, this election year has got more Americans thinking about politics and taking action than in many a moon. Voter registration across the country hit record highs and while
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Young people -- easily mobilized  through the Internet and mobile phone -- are a vocal and  radical force in Hungary&#39;s near-tribal political conflict, now  increasingly being fought out on the streets.