Friday, May 16th, 2008
So in the last post, where we mentioned that gay rights hadn't really come up yet? Well that was wrong; they just had. Yesterday, California's Supreme Court ruled that gay and straight couples must be treated equally when it comes to marriage. It's hard to image that gay marriage won't ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
A light palate cleanser between between heavier offerings: via Sue Salinger, a toddler speaks her political mind:
[asaaaaad / Vimeo.]
Hard to come up with a punchline after that one.
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
This photograph connects two major election issues: immigration and a military stressed by Iraq and Afghanistan. It was taken two years ago by cobalt123 at an immigration-reform march in Phoenix, Arizona:
[cobalt123 / Flickr]
The boy's sign does appear to be on target, at least according to the numbers from the beginning ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Barack Obama has quite a worldwide following. He's got vocal supporters as far away as Gaza City and as close as Canada. From our northern neighbors, first a serious comment: these young Canadians say Obama's appeal is all about international relations:
And next something silly: this old-timey song pays tribute with ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Tory, a spunky young English major from the Chicago 'burbs, assumes different personas to ask: is America ready for a woman in the Oval Office? She plays with common objections. It's a clever piece except for the gratuitous insult towards the end (thanks, Ann Raber):
On the name-calling: Tory herself points ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Emily Green, a University of Michigan College Democrat, wonders why abortion has been a sleeper issue so far in Campaign 08 (via Larissa Zhou):
It fascinates me that in one of the most polarizing, controversial, and highly contested elections of the past 30 years, that one of the most polarizing, controversial, ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Democrats in Indiana and North Carolina voted today after days of rallies and knocking on doors. (Republicans voted, too, but...) These two pictures are from the last couple of weeks on the campaign trail. In Indianapolis, Brian Bruner captured what may be the best Hillary hat of the entire election ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
[Libby / Flickr]
Despite the attention that engaged young voters have been attracting in this presidential campaign, and despite what promises to be a comparatively high youth turnout, only about 50% of under-30s will vote in November. So although some are genuinely enthusiastic, plenty of teenagers and twenty-somethings are politically disengaged.
Nicholas ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
[christopherl / Flickr]
The November voter-turnout rate for the under-30 crowd promises to approach the heights of the early 70s and the 1992 spike. The youth vote also continues its recent trend of tilting Democratic.
So how do engaged young voters think about Campaign 08? One "20ish year old" in Seattle, WA, ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Driving in to Bozeman [meganpru / Flickr]
An anonymous moderate Republican student at Bozeman High in Montana attended the local Republican caucus on Super Tuesday. He/she may be voting for the first time this year but is already an astute observer of the way primaries can play to polarized voters (hat ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Via co-curator Ann Raber, a largely conservative student perspective -- from the University of Dallas and the University of Texas at Dallas -- on the Democratic candiates:
Sirmontag, who made the video, grew up in Dayton, OH, and currently lives in Dallas. He is a man of many hobbies, from blacksmithing ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Since it's Monday, a dose of lightness. Mike Huckabee's been out of the race for a few weeks now, so think of this also as a final salute to his candidacy. Sarolta Cump, one of our new co-curators -- who will all be introducing themselves soon -- found this video. ...
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