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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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young voters stories: 32 news summaries

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Voters: Start Your Engines!

Millions head to polls on the biggest day of primary voting ever

Feb 5, 08 5:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Millions of voters in 24 states are leaving home early this morning—or taking off early—or arranging child care as they head to polls to choose their favorites for the White House, and the presidential hopefuls will be hoping their last-ditch efforts to win them over have paid off.... More »

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California • Super Tuesday • voters • voter turnout • young voters

Prez Hopefuls Get Their MTV

Candidates to face young voters in MTV/Myspace 'Super Dialogue'

Feb 2, 08 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Voters hoping to get a question in to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee or Ron Paul before Super Tuesday will get their chance tonight when the candidates appear via satellite on an MTV/Myspace forum. John McCain and Mitt Romney were also invited to the event, the fourth in the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • MySpace • MTV • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • Election 2008 • young voters

Focus on Youth Benefits Obama

Campaign makes young people a priority, using net to organize

Feb 1, 08 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The youth vote is back, and that’s a very good thing for Barack Obama. Young people are voting in numbers not seen in decades, and they prefer Obama by an astounding margin. In Iowa, under-25 turnout was up 135%, and those voters favored Obama 4 to 1. And the... More »

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Barack Obama • Facebook • Obama 2008 • young voters

Kids Line Up Behind Obama

Young voters reject old-timey partisan bickering

Jan 28, 08 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - With "youth vote" challenging "change" as the buzzword of the 2008 elections, Barack Obama is drawing hordes of young people tired of what one campaign worker calls “the old partisan fights and bickering,” reports Voice of America. John Edwards also appeals to the young, but the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Latino voters • civil rights • young voters

Hispanic, Black Nevadans Split Over Dems

Latinos went for Hillary, blacks backed Barack

Jan 20, 08 6:25 AM CST
(Newser) - White women and Hispanics may have helped Hillary Clinton to her victory in Nevada, but black voters overwhelmingly picked Barack Obama, a trend that may have big repercussions in upcoming primaries, says Politico. Minority groups traditionally side with the establishment candidate, which makes Obama's 83% support by African Americans in... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • African Americans • Hispanic • minorities • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • minority vote • young voters

Chelsea Hits Road on
Mom's Behalf

Daughter sheds hard-earned privacy to court Obama constituency

Jan 18, 08 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton has put aside her quiet life as a Manhattan hedge-fund executive to hit the campaign trail solo in California and Nevada, hoping to bring her mother's message to young voters—the crucial demographic currently enamored of Barack Obama. Chelsea, 27, is pressing the flesh everywhere from sororities to... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • California • presidential campaign • White House • Bill Clinton • Chelsea Clinton • Nevada • young voters

Amateur MTV Journos to Cover Election

Hipsters aim to grab eyeballs lost to bloggers, Daily Show

Jan 12, 08 7:37 PM CST
(Newser) - MTV is banking on enthusiastic amateurs to make it the go-to source for hip election news. The "Street Team"—51 mostly-under-25 journos armed with laptops, digital cameras, and camcorders—have been deployed to recapture eyeballs and cachet lost to bloggers, Comedy Central, and YouTube, while "redefining journalism,... More »

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television • online media • MTV • journalism • blogger • Election 2008 • young voters

Women Crucial to Clinton
Victory

Obama takes youth and affluent vote, but Hillary still rocks Granite State

Jan 9, 08 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's surge from expected second to sudden victor in the New Hampshire primary may be largely thanks to the ladies, writes Salon. Clinton's backing by 46% of female voters—compared with 34% for Barack Obama—boosted the New York senator to 39% of the overall vote, edging Obama's 37%.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • women • independents • female voters • New Hampshire primary • young voters

Youth Vote Could Shake Election

Obama's 'like catnip' for the under-30 crowd

Jan 8, 08 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The notoriously unreliable youth vote looks ready to shake the 2008 election, or at the very least New Hampshire, the New York Times reports. Barack Obama drew an astounding 57% of young Iowa caucus-goers, and hopes to pull similar numbers in New Hampshire. His unlikely mirror is John McCain,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • New Hampshire primary • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • young voters

College, Caucus Calendars Conflict

Iowa vote during school vacation may spell trouble for Obama

Nov 12, 07 3:32 PM CST
(Newser) - The Iowa caucuses are scheduled for January 3—during most colleges' winter break. The loser in the primary leapfrogging contest may turn out to be Barack Obama, who's been counting on collegiate footsoldiers to aid an upset victory, USA Today reports. it's worth noting, however, that young people made up... More »

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Barack Obama • Iowa • college • primary leapfrogging • young voters

Clinton Rocks the Youth Vote

Poll shows Hillary has big lead among twenty-somethings

Nov 10, 07 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary has taken a big lead over Obama among twenty-somethings, a new poll says. The recent survey of 400 18- to 29-year-old Democrats shows Clinton with 54% of the vote over Obama's 24%, reports Politico. Previous polls had showed Obama ahead among youths or the two running neck-and-neck. "Young... More »

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poll • Clinton 2008 • Election 2008 • young voters

Hillary Captures Base Critical
to Primaries

She's solid among vital women, seniors, blue-collar voters

Oct 8, 07 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - While cautioning that it's still early, the LA Times reports that Hillary Clinton’s frontrunner status owes largely to her dominance among groups that are stalwarts in the Democratic nominating process. Barack Obama rules among the young and affluent, but likely primary voters are women, seniors, and blue-collar voters—all... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • women • Democratic presidential primaries • blue-collar vote • senior citizens • young voters

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