Bush Youth?

[AmyStrange]

BUSH YOUTH?
Wed May 26, 8:01 PM ET Add Op/Ed - Ted Rall to My Yahoo!
By Ted Rall

Kerry Ignores Voters Under 30

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=127&ncid=742&e=14&u=/ucru/20040527/cm_ucru/bushyouth
NICE, FRANCE--"Sure, I'll vote for Kerry," says my friend, a staffer for many notable Democratic campaigns. "But I sure won't work for him." Another pal, a former operative in the Clinton White House, confides: "The liberal base, especially the kids, find this guy horrifyingly boring. better than Bush--who wouldn't be?--but their attitude is, 'I'm not gonna send him money, I'm not busting my ass.'"


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Voters under 30, the constituency that single-handedly gave victory to Bill Clinton (news - web sites) in 1992, don't care for Kerry.

Young people tend to skew left but they vote in low numbers. Clinton persuaded a record 38.5 percent to drag themselves to the polls, and won; the 2000 youth turnout was down to 32 percent. Youth apathy doomed Al Gore (news - web sites). If history repeats, Kerry's inability to energize the young will cost him dearly. An April 22, 2004 Newsweek poll showed Kerry in a statistical tie with Bush--45 to 42 percent. And Kerry's support is shaky, says the magazine: "Thirty percent of 18-to-29 year-olds pledged to Kerry say they could change their mind before the November election, while only 13 percent of young Bush voters said they might switch their vote."

A visit to John Kerry (news - web sites)'s website helps explain why going on MTV and hiring the lead singer of Blink 182 haven't done him much good. JohnKerry.com lists links to the candidate's stances on 27 topics from agriculture and AIDS (news - web sites) to veterans and women's issues. There's only one platform plank targeted to the 18-to-30 set, and--unlike his litany of giveaways to senior citizens, who are America's wealthiest people-it's more of a threat than a promise. (Kerry's national service plan would force college kids to sacrifice two years of indentured servitude to the government to continue receiving financial aid.)

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Why am I suspicious of the story?

You see before this year I NEVER sent a penny to ANY camapign.

This year, Kucinich, Dean and Kerry have gotten some of my
money, as well as the Democratic Party and the House and Senate
election funds

[AmyStrange]

3. Did you check out his cartoons?

I find them horrifyingly realistic in an odd odd way?

d

[tritsofme]

2. Who remembers the Nixon Youth at the 72 convention?

Dancing and singing, it was just creepy.

[AmyStrange]

4. oh yes

gives me shudders

d

[DieboldMustDie]

5. Were Bush and Cheney there?

:crazy:

[DieboldMustDie]

6. Bush '04 = Draft '05

Somebody's gotta make this clear to the youngsters. ;)

[fujiyama]

7. Those are OLD numbers

Kerry has been making inroads with young voters, simply because of the fact that he's not George Bush.

I honestly don't know of anyone my age that likes Bush and wants him to win again. I have one friend that says he voted for him in '00 and he said he regrets it.