Sunday, April 09, 2006
Maybe We Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
Congressional Quarterly's article Strategists Hope to Inject Young Blood Into '06 Vote outlines some of the great non-partisan resources, such as George Mason's Young Voter Strategies and Center for Information and Research Learning and Engagement (Circle) are developing to educate campaigns on the potential success young voters could provide.
But this is not news to young democrats. As Young Democrat activists we have been consistently asking campaigns to remember the importance of young people, not just in terms of footsolidiers to mobilize the Democratic base, but as potential voters that can secure Democratic victories.
Young Democrats of America's peer-to-peer programs in 2004 and most recently in 2005 continue to prove that young people can be and do participate in elections when they are given the opportunity.
With the potential to take back the house in 2006 and take out Arnold--California Young Democrats will be ready to make sure young people do our part this November!
