The frequently repeated characterization for the 2008 election is “historic.” Historic candidates, historic turn out, and historic voter participation. Anecdotally, much of the historic excitement of this campaign is in the youth vote. But you wouldn’t know it by listening to the candidates who have spent relatively little time on “youth issues.” The conventional wisdom is that McCain has already conceded the youth vote to Obama and actually McCain has an incentive to keep young ones from showing up at the polls because they are not very likely to vote for him. Blunt Youth Radio a production group out of Portland Maine, knows a thing or two about youth voting habits. Here’s Spencer Scott with a brief interstitial and then William Nelligan explaining why he is politically involved.
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