During the 2004 Presidential election, Rock the Vote was one of many voter education campaigns that became prominent among youth. Although non-partisan, much of the success of youth voter turn out had to do with the hopes of unseating George Bush. 2008 candidate Barack Obama has been able to grow youth excitement around this years' election even more. We spoke with two of them, 19 year-old Andrew McCrackin and 26 year-old Neesha Pierre as they stood on a street corner in Washington DC soliciting contributions for the Democratic Party.

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Political veteran Elaine Jones is the former President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.  Now an older woman, she was an advid youth supporter of President John F. Kennedy. She talks about the
importance of the youth vote.