Pondering The Post-Election 'Youth Vote'
The tech-savvy generation that helped President Barack Obama win the White House is expected to play an important role in politics and policy in the new administration just as they did on the campaign trail. On Tuesday, a panel of political experts and youth organizers will explain how at "The State of the Youth Vote: Engagement Beyond the Election," an event cosponsored by the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management and 18 in '08 -- a nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing and engaging young people in politics and public policy.
NBC News youth correspondent Luke Russert will moderate. Panelists include:
▪ David Burstein, founder and executive director of 18 in '08
▪ Tom Manatos, youth outreach director for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
▪ Hans Riemer, former youth vote director for Obama for America
▪ Matt Segal, founder of the Student Association for Voter Empowerment
▪ Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent, PBS's "The NewsHour"
In the last three general elections -- 2004, 2006, and 2008 -- young voters have given the Democratic Party a majority of their votes, and for all three cycles they have been the party's most supportive age group, according to a post-election report by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. In 2008, 66 percent of those under age 30 voted for Obama making the disparity between young voters and other age groups larger than in any presidential election since exit polling began in 1972.
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