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In Print Today: The Growing Youth Vote

From today’s print edition: Both the Clinton and Obama campaigns are reaching out to young voters in advance of the May 6 primary, the Journal‘s Lisa Boone-Wood reports. Obama is focusing on grassroots organizing on every college campus in North Carolina; the Clinton campaign also has a college program and has used Chelsea Clinton to connect with young people. “In the past, conventional political wisdom was that young voters don’t vote, so campaigns ignored them,” said Gary Pearce, a Democratic consultant. “That has changed this year.”

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By James Romoser on 04/15/2008 (11:08 am)

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