Friday, May 18, 2012
Youth Vote 2012
As we approach this summer and the 2012 presidential campaigns heat up, I wanted to share with all of you an interesting chart I found discussing young people and voting. After taking a look at the chart, share your impressions with me. Did anything surprise you? How do you think young people (we'll say 18-24) will come out to vote this fall? Which candidate do you see young people voting for this year?
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This chart did not surprise me very much because usually once kids get to college they tend to lean towards becoming more liberally and becoming Democrat. One thing that actually surprised me however, was the approval rating of Obama. I thought that it would have significantly dropped after a while but it remained pretty steady only dropping a little bit. Unfortunately, it is beginning to rise again, which I do not understand. Another thing that surprised me was that more people said that the American Dream did not hold true anymore. I do not agree. I still think the American Dream is alive and well as long as people work hard for it. It may not be everything we expected but I believe it can be achieved. I think many young people will step up to vote this fall. I was hoping more young people would vote Republican, but from this chart I must come to the conclusion that they will probably vote for Obama since younger people are more liberal and Democrat.
I also agree with Katie. Younger kids tend to be more liberal because of the influence of schools and media. Moreover,this may be a stretch, but most come from working families who are mainly Democrats since this party works to provide workers with equal benefits. I also found it interesting that Obama's approval ratings have slightly begun to increase. This might be because of name recognition and just the advantages that come along with the incumbent when the election draws near. On a side note, I was at Ignatius on Sunday for the Kick-It for Cancer event and I noticed that a kid my age was wearing tennis shoes that said obama on the heels of the shoe and the word "change!" on the sides. This goes to show that his name is literally everywhere and his popularity is still evident despite some of the blunders he's made while in office.
I agree with them too because it shows not only that they are more democrat but also women are more likely to vote which is because they care more on certain issues. Many colleges influence young adults opinions on issues. It also showed that jobs and unemployment were the biggest issues for people 18-24 because they would either be in college or graduating ready to look for a job afterward which is absolutely a concern for them. Honestly, the Obama approval ratings is the only thing that surprises me. I can understand people liking him when he first started because he was all about change but now after 4 years and doing nothing, I am confused how people could actually still like him and such a high rate too. I really do hope that young adults this fall will vote for Romney because they know for themselves that he has done nothing beneficial and jobs and unemployment have not changed which will be a problem as they get older and enter the work force. Some people will still vote for Obama thinking he will lead them "forward" like he says in his campaigns but hopefully most of them will not be fooled. According to the chart, I agree with Katie, they will most likely be voting for Obama again because of their influences from their colleges and professors which really do have a large impact on their ideaology.
This chart didn't surprise me very much either because as we learned in our lovely APgov course, when kids go off to college, they tend to become more liberal than conservative. Typically younger people will vote this way which is what i expect to happen this fall. ALthough i wish it were otherwise, it seems to have been consistent. I do not undertand how Obama's rating as shown on the chart have stayed fairly similar because i would have expected them to drop a lot more due to our current economic status, unemployment rate, and the recent bills passed by that man. I feel that younger people in the election this fall will vote for Obama whether i agree of not. That's not to say that all will, but a slight majority most likely will. I think this also is due to name recognition and the laziness of younger people to care to learn about new candidates.
This chart is really what I expected it to be. In the last election, Obama really focused on targeting the younger generations to get them to come out and vote through the use of celebrities, concerts, rallies, you name it. He got the big names to back him(rappers, basketball players, etc.) and he tried to convince the younger voters that he was the right choice for office in 2008. As we all know, after people go to college, they tend to be leaning more towards the liberal side so i'm not shocked that the vote was mainly Democrat. I think that this election will be just the same. However, I think it will be a close tie with Republicans. I think that many people are not happy with Obama and especially over the unemployment issues and the economy. People that are paying and investing so much into a college education, go in the hopes of being able to get a good job later in life. If Romney has a better solution to the problems that Obama has not helped end, then I feel that many young voters will show him more support.I think it also depends upon which candidate successful targets the younger population better than the other, because as we have learned, that will be a big factor. This election will really be unclear until a winner is announced. It truly can go either way and this is what makes these elections interesting and lively. May the best candidate win... hopefully that is Romney! :)
As the people ahead of me have said, I was not very surprised by this chart. As we have learned, once you reach college you are more likely to be swayed to the liberal stand point sometimes due to the professors. Also the chart showed important topics like the economy, but it also included education. This is not surprising for young voters. For young voters education is an important issue because many of them have a large amount of student loans to pay off. In the 2008 presidential election about 60 percent of young voters came out to vote. In this presidential election I feel like the amount of young voters coming out to vote will stay about the same. In turns for who they will vote for however I am not very sure. Last presidential election Obama was running off of a new slate and the majority of young voters supported him. However, it has been 4 years and a lot has changed. Many people are unhappy with Obama and the promises that he has not made. He has lost some popularity among young voters. However, on the other hand, I still think he has a group of strong young supporters that will end up voting for him. Obama also has the advantage of the incumbency, so for those young voters who don’t know much about politics they just might end up voting for him since they know who he is. In the end it will be interesting to see who will pull through as the winner of the 2012 presidential elections. Young voters votes count for a lot, and it will definitely help decided who the 45th president of the United States is.
Like everyone else has said, this chart was not shocking to me either. Since people tend to lean more liberally during college, I was not surprised to see the high number of Democratic voters in 2008. Although I knew that Obama won most of the lower-class votes, I didn't think that the percentage of those votes was so high (almost 70% in 2008). I was surprised when I saw the amount of support that Obama currently has from young voters. I would think that his approval rate would have definitely decreased by now. Unfortunately, I think that a majority of young people will vote for Obama this fall, according to this chart. However, it all depends on who has a platform that is most beneficial and attractive to youth. I believe that there will be a high young voter turnout. On a personal note,I think that the reason for most of Obama's support is the fact that many believe that Romney is just not strong enough. I guess we'll see what happens!!
As some of my classmates have said, this chart really did not surprise me because of the liberal influence of college on young voters. I was not surprised that most young voters identify themselves as independents because many young people (including myself) are not completely sure of their beliefs yet. Also Obama’s “get out to vote” drives in 2008 were apparently effective because a majority of young voters voted for Barack Obama in the last presidential election. It does not surprise me that the most concerning issues for young voters today are jobs and unemployment because many young people today struggle to find jobs after college because of the lack of availability of jobs due to the failing social security system which forces older people to work longer. Abortion and same-sex marriage are also big issues with young people probably because they are highly publicized by the media. It is not surprising that most young people voted for Obama in 2008 because he is liberal and more relatable for young people because he was closer to their ages then McCain. I think that less young people will come out to vote this year than in 2008 because it seems like people are less excited about this election, but I think it is too soon to tell. This year I am not sure how young people will vote, but I think that they might vote for Obama over Romney because more young people are liberal than conservative. It really could go either way though because Obama has decreased in popularity since the last election due to some mistakes people feel he has made, but then again he has the incumbency advantage. It will be interesting to see how this turns out.
This chart did not really suprise me. Everything mentioned in this chart made sense such as Obama's approval rating amongst younger voters. Many younger voters have experienced the liberal college atmosphere and are more concerned about finding a job and programs that help lower income individuals. They are starting out on their own and may not be making a lot of money. it also doesn't suprise me that over half of the 18year olds voted in the 2008 election because their are many other people, like our class, that are excited to vote in their first election especially when their is a presidential election. Also Obama did a really good job with getting the younger vote for his election and getting people to register to vote. Overall 18-24 year olds mainly vote democratic and this chart displays that
This chart wasn't really surprising. Young people do more commonly vote democratically so it's not really surprising. Also, it makes sense that the issue they would be most concerned with is Jobs and unemployment since they will soon be entering the workforce. It was surprising that they thought the American Dream no longer holds true. I feel like the American Dream is still attainable if people are willing to work for it. That is a common problem with Americans, however, we do not want to work for things. I think that unfortunately young people will vote for Obama this fall. They will probably vote democratically on all issues.
This chart brought back great memories of learning about political socialization. I didn't think anything was that surprising. Young people are usually less likely to vote. When they do vote, they are most likely to vote Democrat. Obama will likely get the majority of the young peoples' votes. Otherwise, everything is pretty much exactly as you would expect it to be. Obama will do very well among the young voters again in the fall. However, Romney is more moderate than most Republican candidates so some of the independent or moderate young voters that supported Obama in 08 may switch to support Romney in November. It will be interesting to see the same chart after the 2012 election.
As has already been said by all of my cool classmates, I do not think that there was anything in this chart that was surprising at all. We have pretty much covered everything that was presented on this chart in class many times so nothing was unexpected. We learned that when kids go off to college they tend to become more liberal, which was reflected in the diagram. We also learned that people with lower incomes tend to be more supportive of the democratic party. The chart showed that this group of people, ages 18-27, mostly have lower incomes. It also made sense that the issue this group woul be most concerned with is jobs because a lot of them are looking to go Ito the workforce. So yes, nothing too shocking. I enjoyed looking at this chart. It is very colorful and pleasant.
Nothing on this chart really jumped out at me that really surprised me because we studied political makeup in government this year. Of course we learned that it is most common the younger voter tends to not vote while when they do, they vote Democrat. I guessed I was surprised by the low rate for same-sex marriage on the issue concerns chart. I would think that next to jobs and unemployment, and with the younger voter being more liberal, same-sex marriage issue would be of a higher concern. I think Obama will get the vote of many 18-24 year olds. This group tends to support the issues Obama is pushing for in his campaign. I truly think it will be a very close election in 2012. I think the younger voter will vote for Obama. Although I think there is a possibility for a majority of the voters to switch candidates at last minute due to platform or campaign changes made by the candidate. I do not think it is a sure vote for Obama from the young people unless he stays on top of really reaching out to the younger voter.
First off I found this chart very tiny and difficult to read on my computadora. So then I had to hunt it down on the internet. Which required effort. Which I HATED.
But anyways, I found it. And it really did not surprise me at all because I know that younger people, especially in college, tend to be more liberal. I also was not surprised that jobs and unemployment were the main issues for this age group because they are just getting out of college and are newly entering the workforce which can be hard. Finding a job is their main goal in life, and it is their main struggle. This is partially why I was surprised that the approval rating of Obama was so high. I would expect with a somewhat high unemployment rating and a failing economy that this age group would be upset with Obama. But apparently not! I think that sadly, this age group is more than likely to vote for Obama next year.
Vote Romney 2012.
Okay peace.
(Look, Maggie. I can have a pretty sign off too)
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