Wednesday, August 22, 2012

election: Young voter turnout expected to decrease in 2012 election

2012swingstates:

A mountain of upcoming outreach goals at the Organizing for America office in Boulder, Colo., a candidate-affiliated office that aims to get young people to vote.

It’s not just reporters and analysts who are predicting a decrease in voter turnout among…

I definitely agree with the main points of this post. In today’s world it seems like as a society we are making strides, but our government appears to be going backwards. Most young people are going to feel as though their vote won’t matter — and I think this applies to some older generations as well.

Among all of the screaming and yelling for political attention, it’s hard to imagine that just one vote will matter. But when “just one vote” is seen the same way among so many, it hurts us so much more.

Posted at 12:17 PM 35 notes Reblogged from election Tags: politics election 2012 vote

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    Go vote guys. Go vote.
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    Vote. Vote! VOTE!
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    Do you know why you should vote? This is why you should freakin’ vote.
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    main points of this post. In today’s...it seems like as
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    Regardless of what political views you have, please take the time to research your options and vote if you’re eligible...
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    I swear to god if any of you on tumblr are over 18, you haven’t registered to vote, and don’t plan on voting this...
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    Everyone following me better vote this November!!!!!! If you don’t, we’ll never be friends. I mean it. (Unless you’re...
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    matter what your age is.
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    Arrrrrgggghhhhhhhhh! Lazy ass non-voters! If you want gay rights, women’s rights, minority rights, economic
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  25. election reblogged this from 2012swingstates and added:
    dire state of the “youth vote” this year. Ann Beeson from UofT blogged on nytimes.com yesterday about “why
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    Registration could make all...Centennial State...2012. Have...
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