2003 Democracy Day
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Youth04 is grateful to its founding sponsor, the U.S. Education Finance Corporation
Youth04 is a joint project of The Center for Democracy and Technology
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The Washington Center for the Study of American Government at Johns Hopkins University
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The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
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"This week's Hotsite could very well be the website that picks up on the Internet energy where Dean For America left off..." - PoliticsOnline |
Welcome to Youth04!
Youth04 is currently in a research phase. We plan to be back for the midterm election in 2006. Until then, feel free to explore our site and take a look at some of the links located on our Links page. Any questions or comments may be sent to our policy analyst, Ashley Jackson.
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February 18, 2004 |
Read the latest Youth04 news!
Youth04 is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that seeks to transform the role 18-25 year olds will play in the 2004 election. Through state grassroots efforts on college campuses, Youth04 aims to empower youth to get involved and create a dialogue between themselves and politicians. We believe young voters need to be more influential in the upcoming election, and Youth04 seeks to create opportunities for them to do this. Our chief goals are:
- Help youth voters across the country become more engaged in the political process.
- Encourage candidates, their consultants, and the media to pay attention to young voters.
- Create effective strategies and methods to help young voters express their beliefs and values in election 2004.
- Increase turnout among young voters.
Youth04 working for you! |
Check out the activities in the following states:
New York,
California,
Ohio,
Connecticut,
Oklahoma,
District of Columbia,
Wisconsin,
Kansas,
New Hampshire,
South Carolina,
Pennsylvania,
Florida,
Massachusetts,
Utah,
Kentucky, and
West Virginia.
If you would like to get involved, learn how to Start A Chapter or visit our state pages to see what Youth04 is doing in your state. |
  Youth04: Young Voters, the Internet, and Political Power -- by David M. Anderson, Youth04 Executive Director -- is available free of charge when packaged with We the People: An Introduction to American Politics (4th edition) by Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore J. Lowi, and Margaret Weir. We invite professors to visit our professors page, where you will find useful questions for discussions and essays.
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Youth04 serves as a co-sponsor of the "March Across America" finale event on National Mall, July 1, 2004
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"The internet will have to do more than act as a sophisticated phone chain or an on-line shopping network to truly create a political culture attractive to young voters. Another new site launched for the 2004 election, youth04.org, uses the internet to in its own words, 'create a relationship between young voters and candidates for political office, from the President on down. We aim to motivate both sides of the relationship to listen to each other.' The word relationship appears in bold face, to highlight its importance.
And that's what is needed. A new relationship." ---Jane Eisner, Taking Back the Vote (Beacon Press, August 2004)
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"No other large-scale initiative is more carefully crafted to weave the concerns of young voters into the candidates' agendas." --Pius Uzamere III, M.I.T. student body president
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