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Consider the Vote Rocked

by Ezra Callahan, November 17

Last week saw one of the more historic midterm elections in recent times. The political shift in Washington and state capitals was certainly remarkable. But more importantly, young Americans turned out in droves to make their voices heard this November. According to the University of Maryland's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, voting among 18 to 29 year olds increased 20 percent on 2002, with 2 million more young adults casting ballots.

Those numbers are exactly what we were hoping to see. The whole drive behind our Election 2006 project was to get more young Americans into voting booths. But no matter what it was that got you to the polls last Tuesday, it's great to see you flexing your political muscle and sending the government a message that younger Americans matter in the political arena.

Really, we just wanted to run this image one more time.

We’ve taken the Election 2006 information out of everyone’s profiles, but Facebook will continue to promote civic engagement. We will soon be moving all the remaining politician profiles over to a more permanent home, and we will be creating profiles for all sitting U.S. Representatives, Senators and state governors. Any politician who wants to maintain an ongoing relationship with their younger constituents will be able to on Facebook. And soon we’ll let you connect with the candidates for president in 2008 so you have plenty of time to get to know them before casting your vote.

Rock on.

Ezra, the project manager for the Election 2006 network, was a proud voter on election day.

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