Thursday, November 30, 2006
Dear Young Dems,
The proposed bylaw changes for 2006 are now available for review. Please see the link below for a PDF version of proposed changes. Please post comments directly on the blog for group discussion.
Proposed_bylaw_changes_2006.pdf
I have also posted a current version of the bylaws:
CYD_Bylaws_0406.pdf
Please note that proposals can no longer be submitted.
The proposed changes will be voted on at the CYD Executive Board Meeting in December in Southern California.
The proposed bylaw changes for 2006 are now available for review. Please see the link below for a PDF version of proposed changes. Please post comments directly on the blog for group discussion.
Proposed_bylaw_changes_2006.pdf
I have also posted a current version of the bylaws:
CYD_Bylaws_0406.pdf
Please note that proposals can no longer be submitted.
The proposed changes will be voted on at the CYD Executive Board Meeting in December in Southern California.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Don't Let the Door Hit You...
Victories were celebrated locally, statewide and nationally for Democrats, and young people were key in these victories.
YOUTH VOTE 2006 FACTS
10 million young people, 18-29, voted in the 2006 elections. This is an increase of 2 million young people from the 2002 elections. This number will rise once absentee ballots, provisional ballots and other precincts give their final numbers.
24% of young people voted in the 2006 election cycle, which is a 4% increase over 2002. This number is also preliminary number and will increase once final numbers are in.
18-29 year olds voted Democratic by a 22 point margin, the next best age groups was an 8 point advantage, continuing a trend from 2004 (18-29 year olds voted 60% Democrats and 38% Republicans versus older populations voted 51% Democrat and 47% Republican).
The share of the votes cast by young people (18-29) according to exit polls is up by 2 points, to 13%. This means young voters shattered turnout records. 2006 was a higher turnout election overall, and young people are actually a smaller portion of the population than in 2002, so increasing the share of the overall vote means the 2004 youth vote trend continues.
Young people went into the election voting for Democrats with a 2 to 1 margin and the majority of them identifying as Democrats for the first time in years.
Research tells us that if a person votes for a Party three times in a row, they become a Party voter for life. Young people voted for Democrats in 2004 and now in 2006. 2008 is a call to YDA and candidates to target and turn out young people once again in order to build a solid bloc of young Democratic voters for years to come.
YOUTH VOTE 2006 FACTS
10 million young people, 18-29, voted in the 2006 elections. This is an increase of 2 million young people from the 2002 elections. This number will rise once absentee ballots, provisional ballots and other precincts give their final numbers.
24% of young people voted in the 2006 election cycle, which is a 4% increase over 2002. This number is also preliminary number and will increase once final numbers are in.
18-29 year olds voted Democratic by a 22 point margin, the next best age groups was an 8 point advantage, continuing a trend from 2004 (18-29 year olds voted 60% Democrats and 38% Republicans versus older populations voted 51% Democrat and 47% Republican).
The share of the votes cast by young people (18-29) according to exit polls is up by 2 points, to 13%. This means young voters shattered turnout records. 2006 was a higher turnout election overall, and young people are actually a smaller portion of the population than in 2002, so increasing the share of the overall vote means the 2004 youth vote trend continues.
Young people went into the election voting for Democrats with a 2 to 1 margin and the majority of them identifying as Democrats for the first time in years.
Research tells us that if a person votes for a Party three times in a row, they become a Party voter for life. Young people voted for Democrats in 2004 and now in 2006. 2008 is a call to YDA and candidates to target and turn out young people once again in order to build a solid bloc of young Democratic voters for years to come.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
I'm goin' to Jackson, and that's a fact
The California delegation to the Young Democrats of America is starting to arrive in Jackson, MS today for three days of training, peer-to-peer discussion, and celebration of our amazing 2006 victories!
They've got a big banner welcoming us right off of the freeway into downtown, and the newspapers are abuzz. It seems our meeting is the event of the week.
Rachel and Rocky got here a day early to tour the capitol, and see the sights (including several civil rights landmarks). We had lunch at Peaches, in the Farish street historic district, and had some great fried chicken, and of course, peach cobbler.
Some have wondered what there is to do over the weekend here in Jackson. Well, on Saturday, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and the Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet will have a special performance called "A tribute to the music of Star Wars and Other Cool Stuff." Can YOU beat that? I didn't think so.
They've got a big banner welcoming us right off of the freeway into downtown, and the newspapers are abuzz. It seems our meeting is the event of the week.
Rachel and Rocky got here a day early to tour the capitol, and see the sights (including several civil rights landmarks). We had lunch at Peaches, in the Farish street historic district, and had some great fried chicken, and of course, peach cobbler.
Some have wondered what there is to do over the weekend here in Jackson. Well, on Saturday, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and the Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet will have a special performance called "A tribute to the music of Star Wars and Other Cool Stuff." Can YOU beat that? I didn't think so.
