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  • It’s On You.

    Two short years ago, you overturned the expectations of the media, Republicans, and political pundits alike by helping to elect President Barack Obama. In advance of the 2008 election, pundits and commentators all repeated the same question over and over again: “Will young people show up and vote?” The cynical conclusion often reached was no. But you proved them wrong.

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  • Talking to African American Voters

    On Monday, the Democratic National Committee went up on the air with a new radio ad featuring Civil Rights icon Rev. Joseph Lowery. Known as the “Dean of the Civil Rights Movement,” Lowery marched with Dr. King and helped lead the Montgomery bus boycott, and he remains committed to citizen activism. In the ad, Rev. Lowery calls upon young people and Americans of all ages to get active by organizing, going to the polls, and voting.

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  • What Democrats Have Done for the African American Community

    Nine out of 10 African Americans continue to say they approve of the job President Obama is doing—an unprecedented high number—but we need to continue to communicate Democrats’ efforts and accomplishments over the past two years. We haven’t talked as aggressively about our successes as our opponents have talked about the challenges that remain. It’s time to correct the record.

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