Why are you voting for Democrats this November?
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Why are you voting for Democrats this November?
Thursday, July 3, 2008
David Hardt, YDA President
Young Democrats of America
http://whYDA.org

Dear Young Democrat,

On this Fourth of July, whether you are a student a month into a much needed summer with no classes, a young worker excited to have a long weekend to celebrate with friends, or a young family looking forward to fireworks with the kids, you might notice that this year's patriotic celebrations have a little extra hope and optimism attached to them. You see, this year the Fourth of July falls exactly four months before Election Day 2008.

Already, 2008 has proven to be the year of the young voter as a Young Voter Revolution sweeps the country. During many of the primaries and caucuses young voter turnout doubled, tripled - and in some cases - quadrupled compared to the numbers we saw in 2004. Even in deep red states like Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee, more young voters cast ballots for Democrats than Republicans.

    Why are you voting for Democrats this November?
    Tell your story at http://www.whYDA.org

The opportunity our generation has to sweep Democrats into office up and down the ballot in every state in the nation is unprecedented. Turning this opportunity into a reality, however, will take a lot of hard work. We need to do everything we can to convince our friends and family to vote for Democrats come November. With everyone gathering together to celebrate our nation's independence, I can't think of a better weekend to get started.

That is why YDA picked this holiday weekend to unveil our newest project. A web site designed to encourage a community of young voters to share why they are voting for Democrats and why they think others should as well. We call it whYDA.org (get it?), and in order for this to be an effective community building and persuasion tool, we need you to visit and tell your story.

    Why are you voting for Democrats this November?
    Tell your story at http://www.whYDA.org



At http://whYDA.org you can submit videos and written testimonials and share them with your friends. We are going to do everything we can to publicize submissions, and the best of the bunch will be used as a part of our large scale paid campaign operations to convince undecided young voters to cast their ballots for Democrats.

To introduce http://whYDA.org, we've put together a short launch video. Check it out below, spend some time on http://whYDA.org, and start putting together your submissions.

Watch the intro video.
Introducing whYDA.org. Young Americans Voting for Democrats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIo_gVsxGTE

Now it's your turn. Get involved. Submit a video and tell your story.

Rest up and enjoy the fireworks; the next four months are going to be exciting!

Sincerely,

/s/ David Hardt

President,
Young Democrats of America

Paid for by the Young Democrats of America.  Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
 

Reader Comments
  
URL for pledge
By Mike W Jul 3rd 2008 at 5:42 pm EDT
Pledge to vote for change on November 4th, Vote for Democrats.
Link
  
Why am I voting for Democrats?
By AnneK Jul 3rd 2008 at 5:43 pm EDT
I've seen Republicans.