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Stop! Hey what's that sound ...

by roxy317

Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 06:56:54 PM EST

promoted by avahome

Well, according to a study recently released by Democracy Corp (PDF) its the deafening sound of young people leaving the Republican Party.

This study shows that there is a not just a "shift," but a wave:

A major, multi-mode survey of America's young people recently conducted by Democracy Corps shows young people profoundly alienated from the Republican Party and poised to deliver a significant majority to the Democratic nominee for President in 2008.

This should spell good news for Democrats, if they take the time to understand:

[...] young people's economic struggles, more than any other issue, defines their political agenda.

commentary :: :: :: buzz-it!

there's something happinin here

Young people care about global warming, and they care about the war in Iraq, but mostly ... they care about themselves and their economic and social situation.

How this will parlay into votes for the Democrats will depend entirely on how well they can engage this demographic and addresses this "most important issue."

everybody look what's goin down

It is also important to note that the large Democratic margin is driven, in part, by the diversity of this generation.

The dynamic is slowly changing in the political landscape. The "diversity" generation has arrived and will bring with it the winds of change ... whether we are ready for it or not.

**Lyrics Buffalo Springfield

Stop! Hey what's that sound ... | 11 comments (11 topical, 0 hidden)

Hat Tips!!! (5.00 / 1) (#1)

to AvaHome for bringing this important study to our attention ...

by roxy317 on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 07:17:36 PM EST

: Roxy.....thanks for giving it (5.00 / 1) (#3)

words!!!!!! I could just do the Happy Dance....so glad to know eyes are seeing, and ears are listening!

by avahome on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 07:23:26 PM EST
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what's the name of that Crosby, Stills, Nash.... (5.00 / 1) (#2)

and Young..??? Has this phrase in it:
"teach the children well".... been a long time since I heard it

by avahome on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 07:21:42 PM EST

YouTube links (5.00 / 1) (#9)

For What It's Worth

Teach Your Children

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by wanderindiana on Sat Jul 28, 2007 at 02:55:44 AM EST
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: Thanks Wander.......you tube is great! (5.00 / 1) (#10)

I like the phrase that you must have a code that you can live by.........or to me it means "look to your soul".

Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Teach Your Children Lyrics
You who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a good bye.
Teach your children well,
Their father's hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picked, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.
And you, of tender years,
Can't know the fears that your elders grew by,
And so please help them with your youth,
They seek the truth before they can die.
Teach your parents well,
Their children's hell will slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picked, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.
When my husband, then fiance, was fighting in Viet Nam...I recorded the songs from the Woodstock Festival for him....there is power in music! He just wore the tape out!

by avahome on Sat Jul 28, 2007 at 09:59:53 AM EST
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Let me tell you about water (5.00 / 2) (#5)

Oil and gas exemption should be eliminated We won this battle.

Injection well failure in Wise County!

My response to Big Oil's BIG GUNS No shit! They sent their biggest guns for little old me.

N. TX gets nearly 30 new injection wells. Is your county on the list?

I LOVE water!!!

I like to drink it even more than beer.
I like to stand under it with a bar of soap for too long sometimes.
I like to wash dishes and fruits and vegetables and dogs and babies in it.
I like to watch it run on my plants in the garden.

I don't know if there is a god or not but, if there is, I want to thank him/her/it for water.

by TXsharon on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 09:22:10 PM EST

Somehow I got this comment in the wrong place. (5.00 / 2) (#6)

oops.

by TXsharon on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 09:24:02 PM EST
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: This is as good a place as any ... (5.00 / 2) (#7)

:)
I like water, too ... and for all the reasons you noted, but also for ... rafting, swimming and even ... fishing.
Water is good. We would all die without it.

by roxy317 on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 09:27:23 PM EST
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: I do that too but I must say reading it was strang (5.00 / 1) (#11)

I thought wow! do I have Alzheimers. I just can't understand what's happening.
Happily the young republicans are still out on the way out.

by carol white on Sat Jul 28, 2007 at 06:53:11 PM EST
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