Links for Ideas

Youth Vote

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1708570,00.html

This link goes to an article that was in Time magazine entitled “The Year of the Youth Vote” by David Von Drehle. I feel that the Youth vote is an important component to the upcoming Presidential election. It shows how the youth have not only persuaded their parents to endorse the candidate that inspires them the most but it shows how much it has already effected the election in the past eight months during primary season. The article allows one to look at the youth vote at different angles and proves how important it really is. Plus, 2008 really is the year of the youth vote like no other election.

http://www.civicyouth.org/

This website covers how the youth vote has affected elections overall. It has links to various articles that discuss youth voting, which could be a valuable resource if someone is writing about this topic and needs ideas. It discusses almost every topic imaginable with the youth vote so it will be invaluable when creating a website on the election because youth vote is such a huge topic.

http://www.youthvoteblog.com/

This blog is written by and to the youth vote. This is interesting because more often than not the journalists discussing these issues are older and are not within the youth vote demographic. Since the writers are experiencing being within this demographic their perspective is different and could be a draw for many readers because they want to read information from people that are closer to their age as opposed to the norm.

Presidential Candidates and their technology

http://www.techpresident.com/

This website tracks how technology has affected the election throughout the entire 2008 campaign. Since we are in the age of technological advancement it makes sense that candidates are using more and more of it. It is a blog account of how technology is being used, how it is different from other elections and so on.