Vocab Quiz

It is quite apparent that new constituents are exciting to participate int the referendum of electing a new president. Suffrage for those 18 years old came with hard work and determination and now young voters have the opportunity to participate in this American democratic process. Looking at the candidates this year it becomes more obvious why so many youth voters have rallied into coalitions to make a distance. With candidates such as Barack Obama, who target the youth votes, it is obvious why there has been this recent uprising of support from youth. Obama has vetoed the traditional methods of speaking solely to adults and listening to the criticism and support only from them, instead he has opened his ears to those just in voting age and answered their questions and concerns. This is almost liberal in its uniqueness because for the first time a candidate is reaching out for the support and inquiries of young constituents. The republican incumbents have followed suit in some shallow respects as they have appeared on popular youth media forms such as YouTube and Myspace but they are still set in their conservative ways and hesitant to devote so much time and effort to this cause not yet proven as worthwhile. These new methods are exceedingly progressive in their relative newness in the electoral process. As focus shifts towards the necessity of targeting youth votes it is obvious that 2008 will be a year of change and success.