The youth participation during the 2008 Election will be astounding. The Y Generation is making their presence felt. Voters under the age of 30 are 45 million strong, and have the possibility of determining who is elected. This article reports statistics that will be helpful to the reader, based on election registration and turnout.
The "New Media" such as Youtube, Facebook, and Myspace today are changing the political scene for young Americans. The technology today allows people to be more involved with politics, as seen during the 2008 election. Now people can watch debates on YouTube or ask questions at town hall meetings with icams connected to your computer, or even "friend" a presidential candidate on Facebook or Myspace. Technology today is promoting political awareness especially with the youth of America, and will make for interesting turnout in the 2008 election. This article explains how technology is being used to promote political awareness in a new way that has never been used before during a presidential election.
College students could have an enormous impact on the November election, but some may have trouble casting a ballot. Watchdog groups warn that college students are already facing problems registering to vote and could see major obstacles on election day. Includes two links to resources for young voters at the end of the article.
During the 2004 election, rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs made an impact on the voting scene when he created the non-profit group Citizen Change. The 'Vote or Die' campaign rallied hip hop artists and famous young actors together by visiting youth around the nation talking about the issues. The high profile celebrity activism helped bring young voters to the polls. Russell Simmons, another celebrity organized the HSAN, Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, in 2001 to help sponsor forums on electoral issues and help promote the youth voter registration. This article explains how the celebrity community is getting involved and using their celebrity status to influence the youth to vote.
Washington Commentary states that the lowest percentage of young adults (18-29 years of age) participated in the national elections for 2000. Several reasons influence the decisions of these young adults: parental focus and attitude, below proficient levels of understanding, and comprehension in history, social studies, and civics classes, and lack of practice or experience in political engagement. Although the article is informational, the content does not lead itself to the particular point of interest.
During the 2008 Election, presidential candidates are using social networking sites to reach out to the youth. Demographers are saying this is the year that the "millennials" could determine the election with their huge numbers of registered voters. The candidates are listening and are doing whatever it takes to get the youth vote. The presidential nominees are using the new technology such as Facebook, Myspace, and YouTube to reach out to young adults. This article tells how the candidates are using different forms of technology to reach out to youth voters.
This article by Joanne Jacobs speaks about how students that speak English as a second language are their best students, and their worst students. Some of these work very hard to learn language proficiently and go on to test very highly and be very bright, others are very average and do not pass as proficient in the English language. Jacobs speaks of teachers being horrified by the numbers of students that are not proficient that have been in English speaking school systems since kindergarten. Jacobs has an interesting article and someone looking for a few good statistics would be smart by looking into this article.
This article calls for young Americans to get involved in politics and make their voices heard. Presidential candidates are promising everything to everyone but will likely fall short of that and some group will not get what they want. To ensure that young Americans get what they need, they should demand that the new president follows through with the promises he made. With Barack Obama promising Social Security reform and lowering the cost and making college more available to the youth of America. "Ask not what you can do for Barack Obama, ask what Barack Obama can do for you" challenges young Americans to demand that there needs be met by their president.
Founded in 1996, "Rock the Vote" was launched to boost political participation by using pop musicians, comedians, and other means of popular culture using a three stage strategy, Rock the Vote aimed to raise profile and funds, push voter registration and finally urge those who were registered to vote to use their vote. The article can be helpful to readers by presenting specific details of how "Rock the Vote" gets youth voters involved.
More than three-fourths of young women, those ages 18-29 and known as Generation Y, want incoming President Barack Obama to make civil rights and racial justice top priorities of his administration, a survey says.
An article about literacy that cuts to the heart of American citizenship and probably reflects the experience of many people across all races and ethnicities.