The 2008 presidential race has been called the YouTube election and that is certainly hard to dispute. There have been numerous examples of YouTube videos playing a significant role in the race for the White House. In each instance, the YouTube videos attempted to brand a candidate one way or another and to varying degrees of success. Pre-YouTube The first instance of … [Read more...]
Does Barack Obama’s Youth Vote Signal A Generational & Political Shift?
I'm more inclined than most people to be optimistic about young voters actually turning out to cast their ballot; specifically, this generation of young voters, the Millennials. I say that because I've been paying close attention to generations since reading William Strauss and Neil Howe's book Generations, which completely changed the way I think about generations in general … [Read more...]