Are you following the presidential race? How well do you think the two candidates have spoken to young voters so far?
If people 13-17 years old could vote, how do you think President Obama and Mitt Romney would change their campaigns? What issues do you think teenagers would want them to highlight? How do you think the two political parties would, or should, attempt to appeal to young people in general?
You might want to read two recent articles by Susan Saulny that focus on young voters. In “Stung by Recession, Young Voters Shed Image as Obama Brigade,” she profiles a “new" corps of men and women have come of voting age with views shaped largely by the recession.” In “Young in G.O.P. Erase the Lines on Social Issues” she writes about how many of the youngest leaders of the Republican Party are embracing views on some social issues, like same-sex marriage and abortion, that are at odds with traditional conservative ideology.
If people 13-17 years old could vote, how do you think President Obama and Mitt Romney would change their campaigns? What issues do you think teenagers would want them to highlight? How do you think the two political parties would, or should, attempt to appeal to young people in general?
You might want to read two recent articles by Susan Saulny that focus on young voters. In “Stung by Recession, Young Voters Shed Image as Obama Brigade,” she profiles a “new" corps of men and women have come of voting age with views shaped largely by the recession.” In “Young in G.O.P. Erase the Lines on Social Issues” she writes about how many of the youngest leaders of the Republican Party are embracing views on some social issues, like same-sex marriage and abortion, that are at odds with traditional conservative ideology.