Video Your Vote: Students Reflect on the Election
and Voting
Video
Your Vote is a joint project
between the NewsHour and YouTube to document the
experiences of voters across the country and collect
voter opinions on the 2008 election.
First-time voters from Littleton High School in
Littleton, Colorado, talk about their choice and what
it feels like to be able to vote.
Joshua, from Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida,
talks about missing the age limit for the 2008 election
by one day.
Jasmyne, from Hillsborough High School in Tampa,
Florida, talks about why she is not voting in this election,
even though she is 18.
Calvin, from Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in
Maryland, sets the voting scene on the streets of Washington,
D.C.
Gabe, a senior at Pinellas County High school in
St. Petersburg, Florida, describes how he feels about
voting for the first time.
A new voter in New Orleans shares her voting experience
with a student reporter from Louise S. McGehee School.
A student poll worker from Beaufort High in Beaufort,
South Carolina, talks about her experiences working
for the 2008 election.
Students from Upper Arlington High School in Ohio
interview first-time student voters about why they voted
and how they made their decisions.
Zenia and Mabel, from Miami Coral Park Senior High,
talk about registration problems and voting for the
first time.
This [teen] is an immigrant from Mexico, and he works long hours at a local farm milking dairy cows, five hours per milking, twice a day.
