Youth Vote May Prove Critical in Today’s Iowa CaucusPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Jan. 03‚ 2008With today’s Iowa caucus in the middle of Christmas Break, conventional wisdom says that young people won’t show up to participate. But with the stakes as high as they are, youth advocates are working over time to defy that assumption. Iowa PIRG has enlisted 250 college students to get 20 of their friends to caucus on Election Day, and the Young Voter PAC has raised money to provide transportation for students who are from out-of-state to get back to Caucus. With an unprecedented close three-way race for the Democratic nomination, as well as the rising trend of youth voting, a lot of students are making it back to Iowa to participate in their first caucus. And if enough make it back, Barack Obama should win. |