Campaigning in 20002004 Election

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Campaigning in 2000/2004 Election

• By Caitlin Noone

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Campaigning

• Going state to state and giving speeches
• T.V. broadcasted speeches
• Debates
• Commercial adds

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• Many groups and organizations got involved to get
  people, especially youth to vote
• Rock The Vote
• National Political Hip Hop Convention
• http//www.rockthevote.com

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• About 47 percent of Americans 18-24 voted in
  2004, up from 36 percent in 2000
• Nearly half of all eligible young voters cast
  ballots in the November 2004 election, raising
  their turnout rate by more than twice any other
  age group.

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With all this campaigning and involvement from
groups and organizations did it help?

• The Center for Information and Research on Civic
  Learning and Engagement, an organization that
  follows voting trends, reported that in the 2004
  elections "youth turnout increased substantially
  because of organizations like Rock the Vote and
  The National Political Hip Hop Convention.

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Bibliography

• Pearson, Christopher. "The Youth Vote. Los
  Angeles Times 12 Feb. 2006 4.
• Duhigg, Charles. THE NATION Rock The Vote. Los
  Angeles Times 7 Feb. 2006 1
• www.Rockthevote.com