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Apathetic Youth? I Ask the Candidates.

By John Tomlin | Related entries in 2008 Election, Democrats, Republicans, Video

Over the past two weeks, I have compiled interviews with Presidential candidates and other politicians asking them if young voters are apathetic to this election. Their answers were very interesting.

Write a comment and let me know what you think.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 and is filed under 2008 Election, Democrats, Republicans, Video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Apathetic Youth? I Ask the Candidates.”

Doug Bayless Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
John,

I hope Barack is right that this election is different. I think it is. I liked Paul’s comment as well, that young people seem to have a greater facility with access to information and are quicker to look up a candidate’s voting record, for instance, and speak right up to say ‘That’s BS!’ instead of just resigning themselves to far, away tough to follow Beltway politics.

I think simply the fact that a person like yourself was able, interested, and willing to get candidates on the record and put it up on a site like this is indicative of the new political efficacy that the youth in this nation feel. It’s very impressive.
The Moderate Voice » Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporting, and popular culture features from across the political spectrum. Says:
December 26th, 2007 at 10:41 am
[...] John Tomlin interviews presidential candidates on the perceived apathy of young voters. [...]

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