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Youth Against "Hope"
Keeping Reagan's legacy alive in the Obama age.
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"The national youth turnout rate rose from nine percent in the 2000 primaries to 17 percent in the 2008 primaries," he says. "In swing states with more youthful populations, including Virginia, Colorado, and Nevada, the youth vote could easily play a monumental role."
While boldly staking its place on the conservative side of the political divide, YAF is officially non-partisan and Mattera doesn't hesitate to criticize Republicans for abandoning the Reagan philosophy.
"The GOP must get its act together," he says. "Young people crave choice and services that big government can never provide so they should be easy constituents for the GOP."
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Robert Stacy McCain is co-author (with Lynn Vincent) of Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party (Nelson Current). He blogs at The Other McCain.
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