links for 2008-02-29

• Michigan Liberal: Michigan Politics Blog:: Michigan one of four that spends more on prisons than universities
• CIRCLE – A nonpartisan research center studying youth civic engagement and civic education. » FEATURED: Disparities in Turnout and Civic Education
• techPresident – Grading the Presidential Email Campaigns (Spoiler: Everybody Flunks)
• Around the Tubes – Non-College Youth, Institutional Change, and the Wall St. Journal | Future Majority
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Zach Edwards’s Blog: New Obama HQ opens at the University of Texas Austin- Students Ready to Lead
• The Registration Gap vs. the Participation Gap | Future Majority
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | SFBO blog: Marshall University Prepares to Help Knock on One Million Doors
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Caitlin Harvey’s Blog: Barack at Ohio State University
• Future Majority CNN Segment | Future Majority
• Michael Gerson – Faith Without a Home – washingtonpost.com
• A Democrat’s Lament: You know what helps during an economic downturn? Raising tuition…
• The Narrow Bridge: An Economic Compact for the Young
• Young Democrats of Georgia – YDG 2008 State Convention
• Free Exchange on Campus – Virginians stand up for academic freedom…and WIN!
• Sexy Politics and Voter Virgins | Future Majority
• The Inside Clamdigger: Young people are organizing and have something to say in M’town
• The Corner: Rock the Vote Young Voter Poll : This is not an angry generation, it is an energized generation
• WAVY TV 10 – News, Weather, Traffic, Sports for Hampton Roads, Virginia – North Eastern North Carolina – Young NC voters a growing political force as more sign up to vote
• FOXNews.com – Tracking the Youth Vote – The Big Story w/ Gibson and Nauert
• FairVote.blog » Blog Archive » The Gap
• NPR: Non-College Kids Outsiders to Rising ‘Youth Vote’
• Young America May Lift Democrats, Shape Agendas – WSJ.com
• Rock your vote – Nation
• Spanish vote could hinge on the young, and hence the economy – International Herald Tribune
• Voice Your Support Election Widget

I’m Going to Disneyland and the Future of this Blog

So tomorrow myself and other Arizona Young Democrats are making the trek back to my native California for the 2008 YDA National Conference in Anaheim.

This blog recently has functioned more as a link blog for articles about the youth vote that people may have missed than as a traditional blog that consists of me actually writing stuff. While I am going to continue the links entries ( I use del.icio.us for this in case you were curious) I am going to be writing more entries on various subjects, including internet strategy, chapter building, analysis of media coverage, book reviews, etc.

If there are certain subjects that you would like me to write about, questions for me to answer, or pretty much anything, let me know in the comments.

Kevin Bondelli

links for 2008-02-28

• Open Left:: Mocking Fox News…While On Fox News
• Rum, Romanism and Rebellion » Blog Archive » Metaphor Free Post
• The World, According To Me: Bob’s Going To Disneyland! So long, suckers!
• Senate hopefuls seek activists – State & National
• Youngsters new swing voter – News
• DNC Chair Says Democrats Party of Diversity | The Hoya
• newsobserver.com | Young people ready to cast first ballots
• More college students ‘Rock the Vote’ – News
• It’s not just the Obama factor // Current
• How to ‘Rock the Youth Vote’ (And You Can’t Just Use Facebook) – NAM

links for 2008-02-27

• Rock the Vote Releases Post-Super Tuesday Youth Poll | Future Majority
• Young Democrats of Georgia – YDG is Hiring a Field Director for Southern Georgia
• A political youth – Opinion
• Youth vote surging in Austin and across the country
• Daily Herald | State considers lowering voting age to 17
• Total Buzz » Blog Archive » Young Democrats of America to descend on Anaheim – OCRegister.com
• Young Jewish Dems Weigh In On Candidates
• CQ Politics | Poll Shows Spike in Young Voter Interest — to Democrats’ Benefit So Far
• NewBlackMan: Rap Sessions Re-Ups
• News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | LOCAL NEWS | Many young Austin voters choose Barack Obama
• ASU Web Devil – Opinions: Finding the candidate for Generation Y
• ASU Web Devil – Hip-Hop and Barack Obama
• Hip Hop Convention Launches? | Future Majority
• YDA | Anaheim Conference Preview
• Nader Doesn’t Get It | Future Majority

links for 2008-02-26

• UCSD Guardian Online – In Primaries Youth Vote Packs a Punch, Finally
• The Evolution of Chelsea Clinton — New York Magazine
• How To: Put Technology to Use (February 2008) | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network
• Youth Angle: A Question « Youth Radio: Flow
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Marc Peters’s Blog: Student Rewind: Making Choices
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Marc Peters’s Blog: Healthcare for college grads
• The YouTube Election | Future Majority
• Guns and Utah universities « Youth Radio: Flow
• Burnt Orange Report::: Liveblog: UT Campus Obama Office Opening!
• VAYD’s on the Inside Scoop | Virginia Young Democrats
• Ralph Nader, Third Parties, and the Youth Vote | Future Majority
• Youth to Power
• Help send Arizona Young Democrats to the YDA Conference in Anaheim « Kevin Bondelli’s YD Blog

Help send Arizona Young Democrats to the YDA Conference in Anaheim

The YDA Winter Conference is a great opportunity for Young Democrats to get training on topics such as working with the media, chapter-building, peer-to-peer organizing, fundraising and many more! This is also an opportunity to meet and share ideas with fellow Young Democrats around the country and bring home to Arizona the best practices of other states.

Please click on the link below to make a donation to the Young Democrats of Arizona to help send members from across the state to this important conference.

https://secure.ydaz.org/page/contribute/YDAanaheim

Without your help some of our members that want to attend will not be able to afford the cost of travel and lodging. Please consider making an investment in our young political activists and organizers, because Arizona needs to show that an engaged youth community is not a fluke.

https://secure.ydaz.org/page/contribute/YDAanaheim

links for 2008-02-25

• Thunder and Lightning… – Young voter apathy? Not at Prairie View A&M
• The Enquirer – Young voters getting noticed
• Today’s THV – KTHV Little Rock News Article – Young Democrats of Arkansas Join Recovery Effort In Clinton
• Political youth | Rhode Island news | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal
• Deseret Morning News | Young voters — including 17-year-olds — having their say in some primaries
• The Page – by Mark Halperin – TIME – Texas Election Procedure Confusing Young Voters
• Scholars and Rogues » CU postscript: Benson must be resisted and the Regents must be removed
• Scholars and Rogues » Has the University of Colorado sold its soul to the devil?
• NPR: Technology Transforms Youth Vote in 2008 Election
• TheHill.com – Kleeb to run for Senate

links for 2008-02-24

• The Young Voter Myth
• BBC NEWS | Americas | Wannabe first daughters woo youth vote
• Brenham Banner-Press Online Edition – Obama, Clinton race re-energizing Democrats
• Richard Riehl: 28-Year-Old Superdelegate Hopes To Reach Youth Beyond Colleges – Off The Bus on The Huffington Post
• YM Blog-a-Thon: Too Young To Vote « Youth Radio: Flow
• weak nights: The Teen Vote
• Hillary Courting Youth Vote – Hillary Clinton cartoon
• 30, the new 20?: Commentary: Youth Vote– Will They?
• Editorial: Youth vote will matter this time – Framingham, MA – The MetroWest Daily News
• Daily Kos: State of the Nation – Will Youth Vote Turnout Rate Top 1972?
• Are Teenage Girls the Future of Online Organizing? (and other Quick Hits) | Future Majority
• Texas students shut down highway and march 7 miles to vote in gerrymandered district – Boing Boing
• Cotton Mouth: Roger Wicker Says College Is Valuable, But Is Unwilling To Assist Students In Paying
• Obama woos young Latinos – First Read – msnbc.com

links for 2008-02-23

• Burnt Orange Report::: Texas Students are Ready to Choose
• Mudslinging Turning off Young Voters? | Future Majority
• The California Majority Report // Out-of-State Groups Honor Murdered Teen by Pushing Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendment
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | SFBO blog: The “Youthquake” Hits Texas
• ABC News: Youngest DNC Superdelegate Backing Obama « Youth Radio: Flow
• YM Blog-A-Thon: First Time Voter, First Generation Immigrant « Youth Radio: Flow
• Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | Sam Graham-Felsen’s Blog: Youngest Superdelegate Endorses Obama
• Hallmarks of an Online Insurgent Campaign | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network
• Old Tactics, Old Tools (What Is Going On?) | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network
• blue oklahoma:: Rice Liveblogs Firedoglake
• Problems with the College Opportunity and Affordability Act | Future Majority
• CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive – Superdelegate schmoozed by Chelsea backs Obama « – Blogs from CNN.com
• The Wisconsin Interest – Young Republicans: Are There Any Left?
• The 2008 Presidential elections: Technology as a Factor in the Increase of Young Voter Turnout.
• WireTap Magazine – Elections 2008: Youth Vote Stereotypes Debunked: ‘Three’ is the Magic Number
• www.kansascity.com | 02/21/2008 | The youth vote: Even teens too young to cast a ballot are watching the election
• Young Texans March for Voting Rights – Yahoo! News

links for 2008-02-22

• FDU Campaigns and Elections: ATTENTION Youth Voters
• Negative campaigns bother young voters | Capitol Hill Blue
• Meghan McCain vs Chelsea Clinton | Teens Today with Vanessa Van Petten
• This election electrifies young voters | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
• Burnt Orange Report::: Past University Democrats Presidents at UT-Austin Endorse Obama
• VA Students tell DEQ “Read my Lips, No More Coal” « It’s Getting Hot In Here