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Youth Perspectives on Election 2004
Youth Radio is following Election 2004 around the
country, through the perspectives of young people who are getting a close-up
view of the process. Check out their thoughts, and watch for more to come.
A Look at Presidential Candidates
Youth Radio's correspondents are profiling Presidential Candidates, digging
into their political views and personal backgrounds to uncover things most important
to young voters.
Inaugural Thoughts
"All of this stress about our country’s future as well as my own has got me thinking: why doesn’t my school provide some sort of political outlet for its students."
By Rachel Krantz
Today is the Day
"Yes, I voted for President Bush and I support his politics, but the numbers do show who the winner is regardless of my political stance."
By DeSean Robinson-Walker
Why I Want to Vote
"She wanted us to grow up in a place where we would have more opportunities than she did as a child."
By Luis Sierra
Floridian Kerry Supporter
"I’ve spent the last four months obsessing over the Kerry-Edwards campaign volunteering and attending events."
By Chardae Davis
The Youth Vote
"Tara and other young voters are being celebrated by get-out-the-vote organizers, who say this was the biggest youth turnout in more than a decade."
By Belia Mayeno
From Florida, With Love
Youth Radio's Sara Harris is cruising along Flordia's coast today- Election Day 2004. She's interviewing Floridian youth at polling places, colleges and communities about their opinions on this year's election. She sent this blog to Youth Radio, including photos and audio clips of various people she's met along the way.
Young Poll Workers
"6 of the trainees are high school-age first timers – that is first time poll volunteers, not first time voters."
By Jacob Schneider
One of the Many Single Females
"In the United States, single women comprise one of the largest voting blocks - larger than Hispanic, Jewish and African American voting groups combined."
By Sara Perez
Working the Polls
"This is my own personal way of being a part of the movement to vote."
By Janee Wafer
Get Out the Youth Vote
"In a recent Harvard University study, 84 percent of college students SAY they’ll vote on Election Day; that’s certainly an optimistic prediction."
By Belia Mayeno
Resident President
Across the country, many voters have flocked to the polls in an effort to avoid a repeat of Election 2000. Voters in Florida, California and New York have cast early ballots to ensure their votes are accurately accounted for. Youth Radio's Anye Malik Howell expresses his opinions on this year's election.
Citizen Change: Vote or Die!
"Citizen Change has enabled people to understand that we as a nation are one."
By DeShawnna Riley
Youth Perspectives
With pollsters predicting record turnout among young voters, we check in with young people around the country, and right here in the Bay Area. Which election issues are important to them? What shapes their political beliefs? And who do they think will win? (October 31 on KQED)
California Ballot Propositions
Haven't had the time to crack open that Voter Information Guide? Not to worry. I've included all of this year's propositions in the table below, with a summary of each, a pro and con argument and additional links to websites for more information.
By Blanca Garcia
Taking A Stand
"There are a lot of things that voters have the power to decide upon that will affect our home state, California!"
By Ricky Zhang
Teenage Republican
"As I quietly took a seat in my AP Statistics class, my friend Albert impetuously called me the 'devil' simply for being a Republican."
By Ricky Zhang
Tactical Differences
"So while some people are marching, I've chosen a different route to attempt to change the world."
By Chelsea Vargas
Family Politics
"She's a Democrat, but she doesn't think it's a good idea to change leaders at a time when there's so much conflict."
By DeShawnna Riley
Joe Lindstrom: Soldier, Protestor
"So I read that letter like five times to process what it means."
By DeSean Robinson Walker
2004 Presidential Debates
On September 30, 2004, the first of three presidential debates aired nationally. Youth Radio's Janee Wafer weighs in on the importance of these debates, and how every move made by each of the candidates can sway the opinion of the American people.
Vice Presidential Candidate John Edwards
Youth Radio features a montage of youth voices on Vice Presidential Candidate John Edwards.
A New Voter
"I have to admit I’m nervous about my first vote."
By Kiah Vernon
Female President
"I think it’s time for a woman to run for the country’s highest office."
By Kalid Mohammed
Bush's World of Black and White
"Often the issues for which he stands are less important than how he takes his stance."
By Elijah Leed
Young Voters
"It is time for young adult voters to realize that we have more to lose by not voting."
By Wesley Myrick
My Vote Counts
"In a nation where the last election was decided by only a few hundred votes, I know my vote counts."
By Tadina Ross
My First Vote
"There is no point in voting in this November’s presidential election."
By William Robertson
Youth Voting
"People my age take such ‘privileges’ for granted."
By Lauren Blassingame
Lowering the Voting Age
"When I was 16, I realized that I would turn 18 one month after the 2004 election."
By Robert Reynolds
Teen Voices on Lowering the Voting Age
“Training Wheels for Citizenship” is the title of a new California proposal by Democratic State Senator John Vasconcellos to lower the state’s voting age. It would give teenagers as young as fourteen fractional votes in state and local elections: sixteen year-olds would be granted half an adult vote; fourteen year-olds a quarter vote. Youth Radio asked California teens hanging out after school at a park what THEY think of the idea.
I Think 16-year-olds Should Vote
"A teenage vote could bring a new voice to the table."
By Robert Reynolds
I Think 16-year-olds Should NOT Vote
"Sixteen-year olds are not politically educated enough to vote."
By Lauryn Silverman
Chasing the Candidates
"Youth Radio is getting no callbacks on the formal requests, but I'm in daily contact with the Kucinich campaign."
By Javier Armas
Miami's Newest Voters
"I really want people to notice us...they just, you know, leave us out."
By Gaby Arvizu
One-on-One
with Dennis Kucinich
Youth Radio's Javier Armas interviews presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.
Travels
of a Nomadic Campaigner
Youth Radio's Krystle Martin talks to nomadic campaigner Brian Brokaw who is
going state to state on the presidential campaign trail.
Electoral College
"I can't help but realize that my vote is less important than many Americans."
By Reid Edgar
Primary
Day in New Hampshire
Youth Radio's Robert Reynolds interviews Amit Paley, a college student at Harvard,
on the day of the New Hampshire primary to get the pulse of young voters in
the state.
John
Edwards Campaign
Youth Radio's Belia Mayeno Choy interviews Mollye Hooper who's been volunteering
with John Edwards' New Hampshire campaign. They talked before voters in that
state hit the polls.
John
Kerry Campaign
Youth Radio's Ursula Mehl interviews Kaetlin Miller, who is working on the John
Kerry campaign in Manchester, New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Journal from the John
Edwards’ Campaign
"I believe that John Edwards can beat President George Bush in a general
election."
By Mollye Hooper
A View from Iowa
"The stereotype is that teens don’t care about politics."
By Kate Coenen
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