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Harvard Poll of Young People Shows Broad Interest in Politics, Public Service

By Annabel Gould - Oct 24th, 2008 at 10:49 am

A new study released by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics provides some extensive data on young voters two weeks out from the presidential election. Some…

Young People Are Getting More Progressive

By Matt Zeitlin - Oct 7th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

The Center for American Progress Action Fund and Campus Progress Action just put out a big report (PDF) looking at the economic views of young…

Youth Care About the Economy, 13% Still Undecided

By Kay Steiger - Sep 24th, 2008 at 11:35 am

Rock the Vote released a new poll of young voters for the month of September. It seems that young people are just as concerned about…

Actually, We Do Care about Issues

By Rob Anderson - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 12:11 am

Today, John McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, argued that the candidates’ positions on issues won’t be the deciding factor in the 2008 presidential election. “This…

The Effect of the 1960s

By Kay Steiger - Sep 2nd, 2008 at 6:16 pm

Today at the Minnesota state capitol, people have gathered for concerts, yoga, and registering to vote. The Ripple Effect, which could better be described as…

Youth Delegates at the RNC

By Kay Steiger - Sep 2nd, 2008 at 11:35 am

Spencer Rice is delegate from New York. He believes he’s the second youngest delegate, having just turned 18 in May. He hopes to go to…

Al Gore Gives Shout Out to Young Voters

By Rob Anderson - Aug 28th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

In his speech at Invesco Field tonight (which he is still giving), Al Gore recognized young voters participation in this year’s election:
Many people have…

Politically Active in a Bunny Suit

By Saxon Baird - Aug 12th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Matt Singer from the political activist group Forward Montana has some new ideas about how to get Americans involved in important issues and out to…

Pushback Takes it Easy for a Couple Days

By Jesse Singal - Jul 7th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

There will be light posting on Pushback through Wednesday, as Kay Steiger, Rob Anderson, me, and a bunch of our bloggers will be attending and…

California Tries to Expand the Youth Vote

By Jesse Singal - Jul 7th, 2008 at 10:02 am

From yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle:

A pair of Assembly bills designed to bring more young people into the voting booths are being fought by Republicans…

Rachel Maddow Interviewed on CP

By Kay Steiger - Jun 18th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

Today there’s an interview with Rachel Maddow up on Campus Progress. Maddow weighs in on gay marriage in California, Chris Matthews, and the youth vote.…

Did the California Courts Really Ignore the Will of the Voters?

By Nick Sifuentes - Jun 18th, 2008 at 11:45 am

So the gays are getting married again out in California. Shh. Listen. Do you hear that? That’s the sound of California not falling off into…