Younger Voters Rapidly Deserting Bush

[cynatnite]

<<Mounting concerns over the war and the sluggish economy have sent President Bush's popularity plummeting among young adults in the past four months, complicating his bid for reelection and challenging Republicans to increase their efforts to win over new or lightly committed young voters>>

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1509-2004Aug14.html?referrer=email

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This just made my day.

Cyn:)

[HawkerHurricane]

1. Younger voters are worried.

They don't want to be drafted and sent to Iraq.

[bluestateguy]

2. These are the people who stand to be drafted if Bush wins

Most of the news about the draft is on the Internet, but this is a demographic that gets a lot of their news online.

They are the ones who will be packe up and shipped off to a government funded vacation in Najaf if this charlatan is actually elected.

[Bill McBlueState]

3. now we just need to vote

Everyone I talk to under the age of 30 (well, with two exceptions) wants Bush out. I just need to get them all to bother to show up at the polls on election day instead of making excuses. This time will be different, I think.

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. "Rapidly Deserting" ?

Since when did they ever support him?

[JohnKleeb]

5. 2000 was a close race

Gore 48%, Bush 46% on voters 18-30.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Probably attributable to a good times "vote like my family"

mindlessness. I would guess that this time it will be different for many.

[JohnKleeb]

8. nah not at all

Young voters generally have a higher percentage for the dem, Gore I believe by picking Lieberman possibly alienated them.

[flaminbats]

9. things are different than four years ago..

no you can't work four underpaid jobs, be married, go to college just on the credit card, play soccer, have no health or car insurance, and raise two kids all at the same time!

Yes you could be drafted if you vote for Bush/Cheney again! :eyes:

[realisticphish]

6. i know i've been rapidly deserting him

if starting out despising, and hating him more as time goes by counts as desertion

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[comradebillyboy]

10. too bad they don't vote

nt

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