November 04, 2004

My daughter won't be 18 until April. She SO wanted to be out there voting. Of course, she was voting for Bush.

There was actually quite a lot of it, at least at my college.

The Democrats just didn't realize that a very significant portion (about 50/50 here) would go to Bush.

My well raised, very well educated, and highly motivated children (ages 21/19) took great pleasure voting in their first presidential election. Both proudly voted for our President.

I would if I could, but I can't so I won't.

Well, we have a saying where I come from, Vote early AND vote often!
Well ... it keeps the federal prosecutors occupied. They have to have SOMETHING to do with their spare time.

Just glad the whole damn thing is over.

....And your point Ronda?

Part of the "youth vote" loss may be that while we told people to go out and register, we didn't tell them that you have to be in the place you registered to vote, you know, because we assume these morons know better.

A TON of idiot college students registered to vote with their home addresses and didn't think to get an absentee (at least at UNC) and so they couldn't get home to vote and were turned away from polls here because they didn't register their dorm addresses.

Now I ask you, does anyone pay attention in Civics anymore? Of course you have to vote where you register. Duh. Otherwise you're making improper votes.

That, and I'm sure the SpongeBob marathon was way more important than braving a 2 hour line......

I'm a "youth voter."

Voted for Dubya.

MSM can kiss my ass.

Yeah, me too. Except that I've voted before and I think I'm old since I play with undergraduates.....

my daughter's split on it, one voted for Kerry and one for Bush. They are 23 and 20 years old. I'm just happy they took advantage of their right to vote, a lot of their friends blew it off. They have their reasons for their choices, I did not try to sway them one way or the other. (I voted for President Bush). I'm proud of both of them for making what they deemed the best informed choice.

The mythic image of the youth vote is girls with pink dreadlocks that show up at rallies and protests and stuff. The people who have peircings where there isn't even really anything to peirce, like the middle of the forehead. Not squaresville squares who're planning to join the army, own land, run a non-fantasy bussiness of their own, etc.

Yeah, P. Diddy's got a lot of killing to do.

When you're pushing for the vote from a generallyapathetic group, they must believe in the candidate to get off their asses and vote for him. Can anyone truly believe in Kerry?

As the Opinion Journal Best of the Web says,
don't discount the Roe effect on the young voters. A whole generation has been eliminated due to abortion.

....And your point Ronda?

Posted by BUCK at November 4, 2004 12:30 PM

uh, and your point, Buck?

hee...thanks girl. Not sure what Bucks issue is with me.

Nevermind Ronda....no issue, I was just being a wiseass. ;-)

It's all good then. :-)

My 20 year old son voted for the first time, for Bush. So did my 22 year old daughter. I guess I must have done something right.

But it may have more to do with the fact that daughter's boyfriend is over in the sand box, as is their step-brother.

Most of the "yutes" woke up on election morning, aw it was raining, and said "bummer, man" and went back to sleep.

Wat to rally the vote Springsteen!