Impact of the Youth Vote

April 16-23, 2008. Washington, D.C., Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contact: Washington Foreign Press Center Media Relations Officer Keith Peterson
Telephone: 202-504-6318; Email: petersonk2@state.gov

The FPC organized a one-week tour for nine young European journalists representing radio, TV, newspapers, magazines and web sites to learn about the impact of the youth vote and to cover the Pennsylvania primary.  Ranging in age from 23 to 33, the group members talked to experts at Pew Research and other think tanks, met the national heads of College Republicans and Democrats, watched the Pennsylvania Debate with students from George Washington University, and spoke by Digital Video Conference (DVC) with a 26-year-old candidate for Congress.  The journalists visited a conservative Chrisitan university as well as a traditional African American college and then traveled to Pennsylvania where they attended rallies for both Democratic candidates and met a number of young people involved in the political process.