Fivethirtyeight.com, everyone’s favorite addictive website this election season, has an interesting post about polls, cell phone users, and young people.

Check out the difference in Obama’s lead for polls that include cell phones vs. those that do not.

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I’m here at the UFCW hall in Columbus, OH — home of the Ohio Young Voter Revolution and the America Votes GOTV program. Side note: there is a very cool mural representing working America. Photos to be loaded soon.

Major shout out to Jamison, Sarah and the team. This program is incredibly well-organized. Local chapter members are joining paid canvassers on a beautiful day.

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NBC, the Wall Street Journal, and MySpace released a new poll of first time voters today.

While the WSJ article isn’t great and the media is once again equating first time voters with young voters (even though 45% of respondents in this poll are over age 30!). But, I do love the analysis from First Read.

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The U.S. Supreme Court (remember how much they love deciding election-related cases?) sided with Ohio voters!

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The Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday specials (weirdest name ever) have been a riot. Last night, they gave a shout out to America’s youth.
Here’s the full episode for your viewing enjoyment. You can catch the shout out in “We Liked it” about 15 minutes in.

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LACYD had one of the most successful fundraisers that any local chapter has ever seen. The LA young dems honored individuals and organizations that have been active in the Democratic movement this election and raised over 30,000 dollars while throwing one cool party.
CYD Chapter of the Week!

Congratulations to the Los Angeles County Young Democrats (LACYD), [...]

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Jason Bensley, Chair of the Orange County Young Democrats, was featured in a VoteVets ad that will be featured (watch out in Virginia!!) from now until the election!! Check out the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnvQ_4G8l4w&eurl=http://votevets.org/pages/?id=0015
OCYD also recently hosted the William Jefferson Clinton Awards to honor Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, OCEA General Manager Nick Berardino and San Francisco Mayor [...]

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I’m starting to wonder how much McCain’s (er, rather, Rush Limbaugh’s) choice of Sarah Palin is really more about race than gender. Through the lens of so many of the speeches this week, including McCain’s, it seems to me that Republicans are trying to make this about “us” vs. “them.”
This sounds like [...]

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Yes, I watch Gossip Girl. It’s not a season pass in my TiVo though (I don’t watch it that much) so I did catch the commercials this week.

Here’s why Gossip Girl matters: the Obama campaign aired an ad every 15 minutes. They’re literally putting their money where their mouth is.

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Many young people from throughout the country have posted their stories on the reasons they are voting for Democrats this year in whYDA.org. The stories not only reflect our generation’s knowledge of the issues that affect our nation; but also their commitment to be part of the solution to solve these problems. From Giovanni [...]

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