Young voters seen and heard
6 Comments Published by clay January 25th, 2008 in State and Local Politics, U.S. Politics.Are young voters showing up for just Obama? If Hillary wins, what will happen to the younger voters in the general election?
Make room, Boomers: A new generation is stepping up this presidential primary season, and they’re not just casting their votes on MySpace.
These voters are young, and while they aren’t quite ready to shove older generations aside – many of them look to their parents for political advice – they are eager to share influence.
Young voters came out in impressive numbers this month in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, and experts predict the turnout in California and more than 20 other states on Feb. 5 will be the highest in decades.
Analysts and politicians have long lamented the low voter turnout among the 18- to 30-year-old set, which has fluctuated over the past three decades but never surpassed the 52 percent recorded in 1972, the first year 18-year-olds could cast ballots.
But this year, young voters and those who study them say things appear to be changing.
In California, 63 percent of 25- to 34-year-old residents and 57 percent of 18- to 24-year-old residents are registered to vote, according to surveys conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California.
I would like to see a candidate who could win by talking about living within our means and becoming energy independent. However, I don’t think a candidate who is promising cuts would be competitive.
I believe that the reason for this change is that, young people are starting to see how badly it affects them whether they vote or not. I think that it benefits someone younger to vote than an older person. Someone young, who is working to leave his parents household are impacted more by decisions in politics because they practically don’t have anything. Most just started working, while others are going off to college. Their lives are just beginning. Someone of an older age has it made practically. Of coarse they are still impacted like any other citizen, but they have at least experienced the ups and downs of this country. It is important for people like my generation to start voting. One bill can change people’s lives, depending on its degree of power. Basically young people who don’t vote are letting the older people whom they fell that they nag them too much to boss them around. Some are already used to the idea of being told what to do. Others though have a goal. Someone with a goal will want to vote for someone that will benefit them. Voting is crucial to anyone. Doesn’t matter if they are 18 or 99, or if they are white or black. These huge elections impact everyone. if you want to live in a country that suits you, smartest thing to do is to vote.
As a young voter I want my voice to be heard! Of course young voters are just showing up for obama At lease it gives the the african cunmmunity a reason for voting. If Hillary wins I think it will make the younger voters that their voices can be heard and they made a difference by even voting in the first place. I think this election is very inportant in american history because when have we ever had an African American Male, and a White Woman run for The President of the United States. Who ever wins will change this world as we know it. Votes will vote for what they thinks everyones else is voting for but I think Obama ahs done a great job by not focusing his campain just on his people but be speading out all over the rest of the American. Obama is opening up a new door for all African Americans all over the USof A! I am proud weather he wins or not. He fought hard and that more than anyelse can say.
I think that it is g r e a t that the young voters are actually voting now.
I believe that they are actually taking voting seriously and voting because they see how much their input can help their environment. They see the outcome of how B U S H running things came out to be when their were not alot of young voters, and they want to change things now.
They s e e how hard it is now a days to live, and they want to make a better live for themself now as well as for the future.
Voters now want someone that will benefit them and meet the needs that they have.
Me personally, I just want someone who is trustworthy and I want someone who will listen to what I have to say. I want my voice to be heard and not actually considered; and I think that is what other people are thinking as well they want their president to listen to them and not just make it seem like they are wasting their breath.
And I think it is r e a l l y good how the public is really e n c o u r a g i n g the youth to vote by doing specials on MTV and through myspace to get the youth involved with voting by advertising it with things the youth do daily.
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Well to be honest I am not really inspired by punk music because I rarely listen to punk music. But the idea of it is the same throughout different time periods of youth culture. I understand the idea of punk that it voiced the opinions of many young people that needed to be said. But like I said I really to not understand much about punk. There is one thing I know for sure is that now for the most part basically all music does not portray a great emotion. Some songs do portray a sort of an emotion that is great but some music you can tell is created by the music industry. It is music that will sell millions but has no direct message as apposed to back in the past where music actually has a message in it.
Also the same way punk music has embodied an emotion or feeling in our society by our youth happened in years past. For example there was a time in the 1950s and 1960s where there was a slow separation from the youth and their parents. The media started targeting the nation’s youth advertising to them products to purchase. After that a youth culture started forming where the nation’s youth “rebelled” against mainstream culture. During that time there emerged poets, and music like rock and roll, and folk song. During the 1950s and 1960s were the Cold War and the improvements of invention like the TV. So the idea of music portray a feeling in youth culture has not changed.
Basically youth culture is based on the same idea that punk music was started. The idea is that some started a movement where they expressed their feelings about society or an experience in their life. Then other people related to it and started a new type of music or culture.
As the young demographic i feel it is my duty to be part of history by choosing either the first African American or women president. My parents are very into politics so I look for other outlets of political influence. Personally I think that the youth will make a big difference in this years election. I will be voting Barrack O’Bama.
I meant aren’t not are lol