Kristen revisits the topic of young voters this week, chatting with Rachel Hoff from the Young Republican National Federation and Tommy Jardon from College Republican National Committee. They discuss some new numbers about young voters’ support of Obama, and address how congressional campaigns can attract this key group.
This week’s second episode tackles the issue of how to attract – and retain – young voters. The tactics don’t stop at simply having a Twitter a Facebook. Kristen, Tyler and Chris discuss why.
In her Pollster.com piece, “The Vanishing Young Republicans,” Soltis address the issue of more and more young voters identifying as Democrat, including when the trend really started and how this may affect the GOP.
Yesterday’s departure of Sen. Arlen Specter from the Republican Party re-opened the debate over the ideological direction of the Republican Party. Did the GOP move away from Specter, or was it Specter that left the GOP? Where do the American people fall? (more…)
In this week’s second installment of “The Right Idea,” Kristen, Jen and Doug talk about new technology and how the GOP can use it to it’s advantage, especially when reaching out to young voters.
At Pollster.com, I give my take (2000 words of it…fair warning ahead of time!) on the election and why the GOP had a bad night. In short? Independents, young voters, the economy. There are serious long term implications for the party, particularly regarding young voters and the number that voted for Democrats compared to 2004.
