2008 Woodie Awards
Decision 2008: Getting that college-age vote
Jaclyn Golia
Issue date: 2/7/08 Section: News
Every campaign season, around this time of year, a large number of states hold their primaries on the same day; this is known as Super Tuesday.
This 2008 Super Tuesday was on Feb. 5 where twenty-four states all across the country held their polls. Three for Democratic caucuses, two for Republican and then nineteen are holding polls for both.
Some of the biggest delegated states, most of these states the Sacred Heart Community live in, are being targeted and invaded. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland and California are some of the bigger states to name a few.
Campaign members are going to get a lot more gray hairs knowing that these results are going to have a major impact on whether or not they get their parties candidacy nomination. If the voters in these states do not go out to the polls, their campaigns could come to a very swift halt.
When candidates go to different schools, stadiums, town halls and community centers they know who their target audience is and that it is imperative that they get their point across. If not, then their unimpressive numbers will force them to drop out.
A strategic political campaign move is going to the cities in states where the Super Tuesday primaries will be held. Candidates target their largest voting demographic there in hopes that they will vote for them.
The college age demographic is one of the largest so when we vote our numbers are noticed and our opinions are heard, and politicians know that.
Candidates are putting more and more effort in getting the younger populations vote, not just students, to an entirely new level.
With the impact of technology on our younger society, popular Web Sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, have hopped on the political band wagon. You do not even have to login to MySpace.com before you see a red, white and blue background with Choose or Loose slogans and pictures of the nominees.
Some features of these MySpace pages are that you can contact any candidate, check out their pictures, get daily bulletins as to what they are doing and view many of their blogs.
This 2008 Super Tuesday was on Feb. 5 where twenty-four states all across the country held their polls. Three for Democratic caucuses, two for Republican and then nineteen are holding polls for both.
Some of the biggest delegated states, most of these states the Sacred Heart Community live in, are being targeted and invaded. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland and California are some of the bigger states to name a few.
Campaign members are going to get a lot more gray hairs knowing that these results are going to have a major impact on whether or not they get their parties candidacy nomination. If the voters in these states do not go out to the polls, their campaigns could come to a very swift halt.
When candidates go to different schools, stadiums, town halls and community centers they know who their target audience is and that it is imperative that they get their point across. If not, then their unimpressive numbers will force them to drop out.
A strategic political campaign move is going to the cities in states where the Super Tuesday primaries will be held. Candidates target their largest voting demographic there in hopes that they will vote for them.
The college age demographic is one of the largest so when we vote our numbers are noticed and our opinions are heard, and politicians know that.
Candidates are putting more and more effort in getting the younger populations vote, not just students, to an entirely new level.
With the impact of technology on our younger society, popular Web Sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, have hopped on the political band wagon. You do not even have to login to MySpace.com before you see a red, white and blue background with Choose or Loose slogans and pictures of the nominees.
Some features of these MySpace pages are that you can contact any candidate, check out their pictures, get daily bulletins as to what they are doing and view many of their blogs.
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