The Facebook Election (page 3 of 3)

• Barack Obama
• Hillary Clinton
• Election 2008
• Politics
• John McCain

Fast Facts

• 19% of Millennials in college are likely to volunteer on a campaign vs. 9% of those not in college.

• 36% say it's important to elect the first black President, almost the same as those (35%) who want to see a woman in office.

Picking the Favorites

• Among Millennials, Obama's "favorable/unfavorable" ratio is 2-1, with half of his favorable rating (32%) from those who view him "very favorably."

• Clinton is treading water with Millennials. Obama's rating is 13 points more positive, 15 points less negative than hers.

• Their feelings are split evenly on McCain, who narrowly trails Clinton.

Tell me: Who do you love?

The candidates' favorable (+) and unfavorable (-) ratings among Millennials

• Barack Obama +63 -31
• Bill Clinton +57 -39
• Al Gore +51 -36
• Hillary Clinton +50 -46
• John McCain +42 -44
• Ralph Nader +17 -43
• George W. Bush +27 -67

Less fickle than their elders

If the candidate they support does not win the nomination, 59% of Millennial Democrats say they'll support the party's nominee. But 16% say they will switch and vote for McCain, while 17% are not sure. These defections could loom large. Our poll found no difference between Clinton and Obama backers on this question-but in a Gallup Poll, 27% of Obama Democrats over 55 say they'd switch to McCain if Clinton is nominated.

From Reader's Digest - June 2008

 

• The New Volunteers of America
• The youth of America are setting a volunteerism example we should all follow. Their message is socially conscious service.
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• National Survey of the Millennial Generation
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• Quick Study: Voting Machines
• Learn who's who when it comes to making sure the nation's voting machines work, plus get up-to-speed on ballot lingo.
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• About Our Survey
• Find out more about how we conducted our poll of young voters in the 2008 election.
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• In Their Own Words
• To gauge how today's youth will shape our upcoming election, Reader's Digest commissioned a poll that posed a broad range of questions about the political and personal views of young adults between the ages of 19 and 29.
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• Slideshow: Presidential Candidates and Their Families
• Take a peek at past and present snapshots of Presidential candidates with their families.
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At the maritime museum where I work, we occasionally use midshipmen to do the "dirty work" of restoring a 100-year-old cruiser. One day the Navy sent a crew of 20 men, while the Marines sent a crew of three. Teasing one Navy midshipman, I said, "You mean it takes twenty Navy guys to do the work of only three Marines?" "Sir, no, sir," he snapped back. "The truth is, sir, it takes six or seven of us to supervise each one of those Marines!"

-- Brian Smith