Literature Review

The youth in America today are becoming more involved in the political scene than ever before.  Studies have shown that more and more young voters are becoming interested in the political races.  Many young voters like the idea the Barack Obama is so young and feel that he is going to be a fresh start to the political regime in the United States if he is to win the election.  He has a strong facebook following that numbers 300 thousand which shows that many young people are excited about him and the coming election.  Many voters under 30 are potentially voting for Obama because they feel he has new and inspiring ideas, however because the fight between Hilary and him went so long there is a trend that might see young democratic voters not vote or even vote against their party.  

There have been several examples in articles that suggest not all young Democrats will vote along with their party.  In several of the primary elections many people quoted that they would not even go to the polls if their candidate lost the primary.  Some even said that they would vote against party lines if their candidate was knocked out of the race.  Only Election day will tell where the votes go and who people are really voting for.  Until then polls and researchers can only speculate what will happen in the  election.

The Democrats are very split right now since the Hilary Obama feud went so long.  It will be very interesting to see if the Democrats, especially young Democrats can unify and win the Election.  Since the Republican party seems pretty committed to John McCain the Democrats will have a tough time gaining power in the White House.  This is because of the early stated Obama-Hilary race that experts say could hurt the Democratic Party.

Until the election is over people can only speculate what will happen.  But one thing is for sure more young people are voting and it is making the coming months a very exciting election process.