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The youth vote is a political term used primarily in the United States to describe 18 to 25-year-olds and their voting habits. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

The term "Youth Vote" goes back to the 1930s, when low-income rural and urban young people in the United States were first mobilized to vote in blocs by the youth activism movement. A voting bloc is a group of voters that are so motivated by a specific concern or group of concerns that it helps determine how they vote in Elections The divisions Youth activism is best summarized as Youth voice engaged in Community organizing for Social change. Their issues were largely related to joblessness, homelessness, education, and guaranteed income. Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work but the person is without work. Homelessness is the condition and social category of people who lack housing because they cannot afford or are otherwise unable to maintain regular safe and adequate shelter Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency

While youth were alternately activated and suppressed in their voting habits through the 1950s, the early 1960s saw a renewed interest in encouraging young peoples' progressive voting habits. Progressivism is a term that refers to a broad school of international social and political philosophies. When Students for a Democratic Society put out a global call to action for youth via the Port Huron Statement, millions of youth around the world reacted. Students for a Democratic Society ( SDS) was historically a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main iconic representations The Port Huron Statement is the Manifesto of the American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS written primarily by A variety of youth voting efforts sprung up across Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa. The United States experienced a massive upsurge in youth civic action of all sorts, with a particular emphasis on the youth vote. A variety of organizations, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Black Panthers, the Young Lords, and Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor each worked to encourage young people to vote together and for common issues. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (or SNCC, pronounced "snick" was one of the principal organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist / Maoist African-American organization established The Young Lords, later Young Lords Organization and in New York (notably Spanish Harlem) Young Lords Party, was a Puerto Rican nationalist Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor was an organization based in Ann Arbor Michigan.

The number of young voters in the 2008 presidential election has tripled, even quadrupled in some states compared to the 2004 elections. [1] In his Time Magazine article "why Young Voters Care Again" David Von Drehle reports taht "Obama drew more under-30 voters than all Republican candidates combined in South Carolina. " [2] Therefore, not only are more young voters turning out to vote, but many of them are voting for Obama. [3]

New technology, the internet especially is making it easier for candidates to reach the youth and, in turn, more young people are voting. [4] Websites such as Facebook and Youtube not only allow students who don't subscribe to newspapers or watch the evening news stay on top of the polls, but also allows them to share their excitment over the polls and candidates. [5]


Today, a number of organizations proclaim their commitment to garnering the youth voice. They include Rock the Vote, League of Young Voters, 18 in '08, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), Declare Yourself, Young Voter PAC, WWE Smackdown Your Vote and YouthVote USA. Rock the Vote is a 501(c(3 Non-profit organization founded in Los Angeles in 1990 by Jeff Ayeroff for the purposes of political advocacy Declare Yourself is a campaign initiated during the 2004 United States presidential elections to encourage young people to register to vote

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Youth politics is a category of issues which distinctly involve affect or otherwise impact Youth. Youth suffrage is the right to vote for young people to vote Until recently Iran had a voting age of 15 Austria, Brazil and Nicaragua
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