On American college campuses, where some two out of three students voted from Democrat Barack Obama, it wasn’t so much “get out the vote” in this election but rather “text out the vote.”
The savvy use of text messaging and Facebook networking combined with a political activism not seen at universities in decades roused what may be the biggest youth voter turnout since 1972, according to exit polls.
Bryon Eagon, 20, took off a semester from University of Wisconsin at Madison to work for Obama, citing his “unique ability to connect with our generation” on issues like the war, affordable education, health care and green jobs.