09.21.2004 5:22 PM EDT
Drew Barrymore noticed a problem.
A mere 36 percent of eligible 18- to 24-year-olds punched their ticket at the polls in the last presidential election. Since getting the voting age lowered to 18 in 1972, young people have been increasingly less interested in showing up on Election Day.
In an effort to understand and unravel the issues of low voter turnout, Barrymore set out across the Unites States in hopes of learning more about the electoral process and efforts to get young people involved in democracy. From her home in Los Angeles to stops in New York; Washington, D.C.; Selma, Alabama; and a handful of other towns, Barrymore sought to learn why so many kids have a hard time connecting with politics.
Along the way, she listened to the insights of everyone from Fat Mike of punk group NOFX to former Christian Coalition Director Ralph Reed to the citizens of Selma, who marched and lived through this country's greatest struggle for equal rights.
Tune in to MTV Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. to see her journey in "The Best Place to Start." And don't forget to register to vote. In many states, there are less than 10 days left to register.
—MTV News Staff Report
of course, the lie about bush reinstituting the draft can't have anything to do with this . . . . . riiiiiight.
6 points among a subsample is a "big lead"?
So I guess Bush's 11-point lead in certain polls is a "monstrous lead".
Fine with me, they don't vote. Just ask Howard Dean.
whats that saying?
if youre not a liberal at age 20 you have no heart
if youre not a conservative at age 40 you have no brain?
im sure i butchered it.
MTV is another left wing whore outlet owned by Viacom which owns CBS and Blather.
If you're not a conservative by the time you're 30, you have no brain.
Anyone has an idea, what fraction of the registered and likely voters are under 30?
I bet Kerry is sleeping muuuuuch better now. Yep. Get those MTV kids out to vote. Yep.
Yep.
They aren't even hiding the fact that they're telling their audience that the president is going to reinstate the draft and they'll be going to war.
(For those who recall Hannity's schtick a few weeks back)
----ah, yes----the group taht gets its information from MTV-----
Are we to take this poll of the nitwits who watch MTV seriously?
Of course I am sure that the fact the dems and Edwards are going around saying that Bush is going to bring back the draft means nothing at all
She interviewed some FReepers last year, I think. I don't know if they are in her documentary.
Just heard this morning that registration drives are now on in all Philadelphia high schools, where 40% of the seniors are 18. Not sure this is good. I'm all for 18 year olds voting, but I want the ones to vote who take the time on their own to go and register.
I think Kerry shall lose the edge on "coolness" in the coming few weeks.
I hope the draft lie will be crushed.
(IIRC, was it not DEMOCRAT LEGISLATORS who first floated the idea of reinstating the draft?)
The President needs to let the American people know that it is the Democrats that have called on resintituting the Draft. America must also be told about how the military feels about Kerry ... They hate him and think him traitorous. The only truth in a draft is that If Kerry would to be elected the military would get out at thier EAOS in droves... Kerry will also support weapons planning and pay cuts for the military which will also cause serious recruiting goal failures... This will in turn necessitate the institution of a draft... So a vote for Kerry is a vote for the draft... The DEMS try to spin it and scare the youth... Good patriotic americans would not fear a draft.. but liberal minded socialists use the threat to instill fear.
What's the methodology, Kenneth?
Everyone with an IQ over 30 will be voting for Bush.
I won't vote for Kerry. He sucks.