Obama Reaches Out to Young People
20% of the voters last year were between the ages of 18 and 29 and yet the youth vote is often ignored by politicians. As Whitney Houston said in the 80’s, the children are our future so why aren’t politicians trying harder to reach young Americans?
Well one of the presidential candidates has gone high tech to reel in the youth vote. Barack Obama has a Facebook page. He has tons of pictures on his Flickr account. He even Twitters. I’m pretty sure John McCain has no clue what Twitter is.
And now Obama is asking people to sign up to receive an email or a text message when he announces his running mate. That’s right up a teen’s alley. And, not surprisingly, many teens are taking notice.
What do you think? Do you think John McCain needs to enter the information age and reach out to youths? Or is Barack Obama just trying too hard?
