all right, jessica, great to have you on, jessica brady, appreciate your time. thank you. with each passing presidential election, the youth vote is making a bigger impact on who occupies the oval office. take a look at the numbers of 2000 and 2008, every age group is consistent, but you can see the big spike in turnout is voters under 30, but with such a strong bloc of the young people voting democratic republican leaders in some key swing states are looking to even the playing field coming up in 2012. heather smith is the president of rock the vote and joins us now. it s been called the war on voting whether it s requiring an i.d. or proof of citizenship at the polls. explain this for us. yeah. we re seeing a concerted effort to keep young people away from the voting booth by, you know, overturning laws like same-day registration or preregistration at 16, which has been proven to increase participation or even voter i.d. laws that will make it a lot harder for young people to
this message as well? why is it the youth vote, when you are targeting the youth vote in illinois, you are targeting people to come out and vote for the democratic party. this is barack obama s senate seat this year. bill: you are making that leap. this is not a hard leap. this is illinois. this is rock the vote. this is roosevelt university. the majority of 30 and under s vote for democrats right now that s just the way it is. part of the bill is that they will establish early voting registration booths on the state s nine public university campuses. she is correct. bill: i understand they want people to vote and register and vote by mail. but i don t understand why this would appeal to liberals rather than conservatives? everybody would pay attention to that. everybody would pay attention to it but who are youth voting right now? youth are voting overwhelmingly for democrats. bill: older people will pay attention and say maybe i should sign up too. this is a youth y
conservative voters flock to this message as well? why is it the youth vote, when you are targeting the youth vote in illinois, you are targeting people to come out and vote for the democratic party. this is barack obama s senate seat this year. bill: you are making that leap. this is not a hard leap. this is illinois. this is rock the vote. this is roosevelt university. the majority of 30 and under s vote for democrats right now that s just the way it is. part of the bill is that they will establish early voting registration booths on the state s nine public university campuses. she is correct. bill: i understand they want people to vote and register and vote by mail. but i don t understand why this would appeal to liberals rather than conservatives? everybody would pay attention to that. everybody would pay attention to it but who are youth voting right now? youth are voting overwhelmingly for democrats. bill: older people will pay attention and say maybe i should sig
this message as well? why is it the youth vote, when you are targeting the youth vote in illinois, you are targeting people to come out and vote for the democratic party. this is barack obama s senate seat this year. bill: you are making that leap. this is not a hard leap. this is illinois. this is rock the vote. this is roosevelt university. the majority of 30 and under s vote for democrats right now that s just the way it is. part of the bill is that they will establish early voting registration booths on the state s nine public university campuses. she is correct. bill: i understand they want people to vote and register and vote by mail. but i don t understand why this would appeal to liberals rather than conservatives? everybody would pay attention to that. everybody would pay attention to it but who are youth voting right now? youth are voting overwhelmingly for democrats. bill: older people will pay attention and say maybe i should sign up too. this is a youth y