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Election News

• Stony Brook Students Explain Their Votes
by April Warren

• How Obama Got to November 4th
by Adrian Carrasquillo

• How McCain Got Here; The GOP Candidate’s Five Biggest Campaign Moments
by Michael Kelly

• Student Papers Overwhelmingly Endorse Obama
by Gene Morris

• Young Voters Stick to Issues Not Parties
by Lauren Cioffi

• Youth Turnout Too Unpredictable to Call
by April Warren and Carl Carrie

• County Legislators Discuss Presidential Issues
by Annie Friedman

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About Stony Brook Now!

Stony Brook Now is an online news publication of the School of Journalism reported by Stony Brook students using video and the written word.

It was created to provide a forum for the School of Journalism’s coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election. Students will cover the election on a national,local, and campus level, paying special attention to the youth vote.

A live blog will run throughout election day and a live election newscast will begin in the late afternoon. You will also find print and video stories throughout the day that will take the pulse of the Stony Brook campus. Stony Brook Now will be posting the results of its own, exit polling. Student journalists will report from the SAC polling site and from election night events throughout the campus the university. As election results come in, Stony Brook Now will provide real time updates.

Stony Brook Now is also providing links to a variety of election websites across the political spectrum and to websites of campus publications throughout the United States.

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Young Voters Stick to Issues Not Parties

Submitted by lynnhsieh on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 4:48pm.

By Lauren Cioffi

A survey by the Harvard Institute of Politics on politics and public service shows that there have been "dramatic changes in the way young Americans think about relate to and engage in politics."

Studies have shown a record turn out for young people in the 2008 presidential election, citing a 31 percent increase in the number of young voters in the 2008 primaries when compared with the number in 2004.