Historically, youth do not turn out. Much of what has just been said is in fact conventional wisdom, but yes, youth tend not to vote, and a lot of the other groups who form what might otherwise be a democratic core -- environmentalists, intellectuals, professionals -- are disenchanted and do not believe that their votes matter. At the moment I tend to believe that they are correct.
>Actually their main challenge seems to be quite different: Democrats need to >get out the vote, while Republicans would rather have a smaller turnout. > >I hear it every election: A smaller turnout favors the republicans, a larger >turnout favors the democrats. It seems that the republican base is a voting >base. They will turnout to the polls every time, no matter the campaigning, >and vote their conservative values. > >So why does this not seem to be the case for the democratic base? Does it >have to do with the age thing? > >On 6/13/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209214 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
