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...Huckabee, Clinton, Romney, or “Other,” in order to prove young adults a powerful national force, we must vote. Admittedly, for Harvard students this may be less of an issue than for others (there is a positive correlation between level of education and voter turnout) but still—call home. Talk to your friends. Help them to register...
...however, a nagging worry caught up with me. Americans—particularly young Americans—have democratic freedoms but don’t use them. According to the web site IDEA (the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance), in the 26 national elections since 1945, the average voter turnout rate for citizens age 18 to 24 has been only 48.3 percent. This is well below France (67.3 percent), Spain (77 percent), and even Morocco (57.6 percent). (China hasn’t had comparable elections.) Americans in this age group, aptly dubbed “Generation Quiet?...
...sagging spirits. John McCain, the Arizona senator whose campaign spent the summer in ICU, was coming on strong in a bid to repeat his 2000 New Hampshire victory. But then former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney dominated the final pre-election debate, a feat he followed up with a massive turnout operation that included 100,000 phone calls to prospective voters. Romney's well-funded campaign took a big hit in Iowa on Thursday, when former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee whipped him badly, and a second loss in New Hampshire-where Romney owns a summer home- might finish...
...Turnout was high - but not unprecedented - for the G.O.P. contest. What may have been more unusual were all the last-minute deciders. "I've never seen this many people in New Hampshire undecided this late," said Dale Kuehne, associate professor of politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, as voters prepared to go to the polls. Arizona Sen. John McCain, near-broke and plummeting in the polls just months ago, put on the same green sweater he wore for his 2000 comeback in New Hampshire, and even stayed in the same hotel room. "There is no superstition...
...Democratic race, New Hampshire voters thronged the polls just five days after a record turnout in Iowa. Election officials ferried reams of blank ballots past long lines of waiting voters just to keep up with demand. Much of the credit for the surge had been chalked up to Obamamania - but clearly more factors were at work...