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http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/?pid=199

In this short clip on Tufts Universities website, Richard Niemi a professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester, examines voting patterns in students, especially those which attend college away from their home town. As students are encouraged not to vote in the towns where they attend college, Professor Niemi has found little reason not to do so. While age, employment and mobility do not effect whether students vote, the amount of time they spend discussing politics and current events outside of the class room does.


http://teenadvice.about.com/od/teenlifefaqsandqas/a/youthvote2004a.htm

I plan on focusing part of my blogs to why students should vote and why they don't vote. This site looks at 5 reasons why students should be in the polls. From how the parties themselves often overlook the youth voters, and how teens who don't vote should not complain about their government or the outcome of the election. Many of the highly debated topics of this years election will make a large impact on the portion of the election between the ages of 18-22 who will be 22-26 at the end of this first term. The war being a large part as many kids who are now 18 and in their senior year of high school will be very much impacted by the war in Iraq and whether or not more troops are deployed or with drawn.


http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/another-war-election/

This piece from todays New York Times opinion section looks at the war as a central topic for this years election. However it goes back and forth as to whether or not this should be the most important topic. Although the war garners a lot of attention and requires a lot of funding, it is a problem abroad, and their are many problems facing Americans right here at home.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/08/obama-ad-says-2.html#more

In USA Todays blogs I found one that looks at Obama's new ad campaign in which he says he will be cutting middle class taxes more than three times as much as John McCain has said he will. The ad is directed at a very large portion of the country who is facing economic difficulties, it is also a topic that could be very persuasive to moderate republicans that sometimes sway to the side of democratic.