Comments on: Uncovering the youth vote http://katiekieffer.com/2010/02/09/uncovering-the-youth-vote/ Presenting young professionals with choices through engagement in public policy Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mark24609 http://katiekieffer.com/2010/02/09/uncovering-the-youth-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-154 mark24609 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:07:15 +0000 http://katiekieffer.com/?p=2776#comment-154 Good post. I nominate you to lead the effort to get the youth vote. The GOP has the ideas but it definitely lacks marketing skills. If you remember the last convention, it looked like a white convention of some sort. I know there are other ethnicities. Someone should have dotted the convention with people from other ethnic origins. My wife is from Nicaragua (she also came here legally) and I speak fluent Spanish, so I decided to check out their page that was directed towards the Hispanic population. Guess what? It was in English. How are you suppose to bring over the Hispanic population if the site is in English. Also, most Hispanics get their news from channels like Univision. There is a CNN in Spanish, but these outlets are extremely liberal. There is no Fox News in Spanish. The Hispanic population is the fastest growing population in the US, and yet there are no conservative news outlets that are directed towards them. My wife's father was a Senator "diputado" in Nicaragua during the Somoza regime, so most of the political refugees who came from Nicaragua are Republican, because it was because of Carter that Nicaragua was ruined, but currently Hispanic television gives a skewed perspective on American politics. There needs to be a counter balance. 90% of Mexicans vote Democrats but Cubans vote Republican. It is no coincidence that the Hispanic community that has had to live under brutal dictatorships vote Republican. Keep up the good writing. We need youth like you with a good head on the shoulder. I like the way you inject humor in your writing. Mark P.S. Altogether now, how to we pronounce corpsman. (The P and S are Si...) Good post. I nominate you to lead the effort to get the youth vote. The GOP has the ideas but it definitely lacks marketing skills. If you remember the last convention, it looked like a white convention of some sort. I know there are other ethnicities. Someone should have dotted the convention with people from other ethnic origins.

My wife is from Nicaragua (she also came here legally) and I speak fluent Spanish, so I decided to check out their page that was directed towards the Hispanic population. Guess what? It was in English. How are you suppose to bring over the Hispanic population if the site is in English.

Also, most Hispanics get their news from channels like Univision. There is a CNN in Spanish, but these outlets are extremely liberal. There is no Fox News in Spanish. The Hispanic population is the fastest growing population in the US, and yet there are no conservative news outlets that are directed towards them.

My wife’s father was a Senator “diputado” in Nicaragua during the Somoza regime, so most of the political refugees who came from Nicaragua are Republican, because it was because of Carter that Nicaragua was ruined, but currently Hispanic television gives a skewed perspective on American politics. There needs to be a counter balance. 90% of Mexicans vote Democrats but Cubans vote Republican. It is no coincidence that the Hispanic community that has had to live under brutal dictatorships vote Republican.

Keep up the good writing. We need youth like you with a good head on the shoulder. I like the way you inject humor in your writing.

Mark

P.S. Altogether now, how to we pronounce corpsman. (The P and S are Si…)

]]> By: Lorena Starkey http://katiekieffer.com/2010/02/09/uncovering-the-youth-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Lorena Starkey Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:17:13 +0000 http://katiekieffer.com/?p=2776#comment-153 I think for me, I want elected officials to follow through on the platform. Consequently, it's extremely important that when someone is elected, they actually implement the policies that they run on. Thus, it is at this stage in the game that political involvement is so important. [The main reason why I'm a delegate.] If we can elect solid leaders, voters will not be disinfranchised. After all, even a GOP can be frustrated when those who are supposed to represent us will bend over backwards or sway in the winds of public opinion. I agree that marketing should be more current and engagement in the issues is crucial to involvement. Isn't there a saying somewhere about 'a Democrat by 20 and a Republican by 40'... meaning once life happens and individuals become more thoughtful, they will move toward the GOP. So, yes, I would agree that engagement and intellectual discourse can be effective. I think for me, I want elected officials to follow through on the platform. Consequently, it’s extremely important that when someone is elected, they actually implement the policies that they run on. Thus, it is at this stage in the game that political involvement is so important. [The main reason why I'm a delegate.] If we can elect solid leaders, voters will not be disinfranchised. After all, even a GOP can be frustrated when those who are supposed to represent us will bend over backwards or sway in the winds of public opinion.
I agree that marketing should be more current and engagement in the issues is crucial to involvement. Isn’t there a saying somewhere about ‘a Democrat by 20 and a Republican by 40′… meaning once life happens and individuals become more thoughtful, they will move toward the GOP. So, yes, I would agree that engagement and intellectual discourse can be effective.

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