Blogging about his new book — Youth to Power: How Todayâs Young Voters Are Building Tomorrowâs Progressive Majority — Michael Connery previews his week at TPMCafe’s Table for One:
Over the next five days, Iâd like to talk about the history of the youth vote, why Barack Obama is just the very visible tip of the iceberg that is todayâs rising youth participation, what it all means for the Democrats, and how the broader progressives movement can capitalize on this youth wave to secure a progressive future majority far into the 21st Century.