Mi artículo en washingtonpost.com
March 3, 2008Como todavía no me lo puedo creer, lo pongo aquí. Así cuanto más lo vea, pues empezaré a creer que es verdad:
Election Sparks Interest in Politics Among Younger Voters
By Cristina Fernandez-Pereda and Ariel Olson Surowidjojo
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, March 3, 2008; 9:00 AM
Historically, they’ve been seen as liberal, Democratic, anti-war and seemingly too young to be concerned about the state of the national economy. But though this generation’s most defining factor has been that their voter turnout made them appear to be either too apathetic or too turned off by politics to vote, in recent elections younger voters have become more engaged in the political process.
Today, with a newly energized young electorate, more young voters are exercising their right to vote. Youth voter turnout in 2008 has doubled, tripled and even quadrupled in some primary states compared to their levels in 2004. In Democratic primaries, young people have gone from being 9 percent of all voters four years ago to 14 percent of voters this year.
¡¡Enhorabuena!!
For sure here in Spain, for next Sunday elections, young people are not so motivated as in the States. At least, they don’t usually finish the University with any debt or loan. In such a case, it would be definitively a big load for them taking into account the low salaries in their first years at work and the current house prizes.
Gracias Osiris.