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Rock the Vote Wants Young Voters to ‘Care Like Crazy’ About the Midterms
time.com ^ | Oct 2, 2014 | Maya Rhodan

Posted on 10/02/2014 3:07:22 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Rock the Vote launched a $250,000 ad buy Thursday in five states where tight battles for statewide and national offices are playing out, including North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

The ad grab is part of the organization’s efforts to get young voters to the polls this election season—part of its trademark mission to make doing one’s civic duty look cool. The organization has also been working to register over 1 million millennials to vote–often soliciting the help of celebrities including Miley Cyrus.

Though the ads are running in states with tight races, non-partisan organization says its less interested in the politics of the races and more keen on getting as many young people as possible to head to the polls.

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1 posted on 10/02/2014 3:07:22 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Helped by Miley Cyrus ? She seems more interested in masturbating on stage in front of millions of people than much of anything else these days. Perhaps she’s good for motivating the nymphomaniac exhibitionist vote.


2 posted on 10/02/2014 3:19:14 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Care like crazy to vote for liberals. What a bunch of idiots. Pure idiots.

“I woke up this morning and didn’t know nuffin ‘bout nuffin but I know who Miley wants me to vote for”

I’m in Poland right now. I think I need to find the nearest embassy and turn in my passport.


3 posted on 10/02/2014 3:26:17 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I don't think these decrepit pagans should be able to vote for the country dog catcher.

4 posted on 10/02/2014 3:28:22 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Organic Panic

These organizations are fighting an uphill battle; millenials are among the hardest hit by this economy, and can remember the days when things were much better. Many things their parents took for granted (stable employment, home ownership, health insurance, families of their own) are out of reach for them, and they’re not thrilled about it.

At some point they’ll stop showing movies from the 1980s; it is just too demoralizing for young people to see how much opportunity existed for young people back then.


5 posted on 10/02/2014 3:34:51 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Just promise them free iPhones, and they will line up days before the polls open.


6 posted on 10/02/2014 3:36:57 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Rock the Vote launched a $250,000 ad buy Thursday in five states?

Lol! $250k spread across five state. What does that amount too? About 2 non-primetime commercial plays in each state.....

7 posted on 10/02/2014 3:58:49 AM PDT by apillar
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sadly, I feel too many Millenials are eager to surrender their freedom in exchange for a false promise of security. They are simply following the lead of many of their elders.


8 posted on 10/02/2014 4:24:28 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Organic Panic

“I’m in Poland right now.”

I’m envious. I love Polish kielbasa and gulumkis.


9 posted on 10/02/2014 4:55:49 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Better vote as if your future depended on it, kids, because Obama is putting you in debt for the rest of your lives on Earth.


10 posted on 10/02/2014 5:24:24 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Organic Panic

Note that as I predicted they are injecting the promise of Student Loan Forgiveness into this effort.


11 posted on 10/02/2014 5:48:51 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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