{"id":1332,"date":"2004-09-20T10:42:54","date_gmt":"2004-09-20T17:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/new-voters-project-rock-the-vote-greens-for-impact\/"},"modified":"2004-09-20T10:42:54","modified_gmt":"2004-09-20T17:42:54","slug":"new-voters-project-rock-the-vote-greens-for-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/new-voters-project-rock-the-vote-greens-for-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"New Voters Project, Rock the Vote, Greens for Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

MSNBC – Young voters register heavily in key states<\/a>
\n18- to 24-year-olds are nation’s newest swing voters
\nThe Associated Press<\/p>\n

Voter registration drives aimed at young people are turning 18-to 24-year-olds into an important variable in the presidential election, especially in decisive battleground states such as Michigan \u2014 where nearly 100,000 young people have registered in recent months \u2014 and Wisconsin, where the numbers are even higher.<\/p>\n

They are the nation\u2019s newest swing voters, with polls showing their support for the major candidates has vacillated in recent months. A Harvard University poll found that, in a five-month period, 19 percent of young potential voters changed their minds about whom they\u2019d support.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big population of fluid voters, and they\u2019re largely unknown,\u201d says Ivan Frishberg, outreach and communications coordinator for the nonprofit New Voters Project, which has registered tens of thousands of young people across the country. …<\/p>\n

Officials in several other battleground states \u2014 New Mexico, Ohio and Florida among them \u2014 see clear signs that more young people are interested in this election. And some election experts believe that polls of \u201clikely voters\u201d often miss young people because the population is so mobile. …<\/p>\n

At that rate, he says Rock the Vote\u2019s registration numbers may surpass those from 1992 \u2014 a year when young voter turnout topped 50 percent for the first and only time since 1972.<\/p>\n

One political scientist says he\u2019s particularly interested to see what happens this time in Minnesota, New Hampshire and Wisconsin, where voters can register on Election Day<\/b>. Data has shown that young people are particularly likely to take advantage of same-day registration.<\/p>\n

Home – New Voters Project<\/a><\/p>\n

The New Voters Project Presidential Youth Debate<\/p>\n

President Bush and Senator Kerry have agreed – in writing – to address your 12 greatest concerns through The New Voters Project Presidential Youth Debate. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re proud to give under-35 year olds their first-ever opportunity to choose the questions answered by the top presidential candidates.<\/p>\n

Rock the Vote – Welcome<\/a>
\n789,905 People Registered!<\/p>\n

Greens For Impact<\/a><\/p>\n

Greens for Impact is an organization of principled, pragmatic Green Party members and progressive populists dedicated to the goal of defeating George W. Bush in his bid for a second term as president, while simultaneously furthering the growth of the Green Party as an independent alternative to the corporate-dominated parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MSNBC – Young voters register heavily in key states 18- to 24-year-olds are nation’s newest swing voters The Associated Press Voter registration drives aimed at young people are turning 18-to 24-year-olds into an important variable in the presidential election, especially in decisive battleground states such as Michigan \u2014 where nearly 100,000 young people have registered … Continue reading New Voters Project, Rock the Vote, Greens for Impact<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dump-duhbya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}