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They have walked out, marched and demanded action across America to stop gun violence. But it s far from certain that the young people behind the March for Our Lives movement will be a political force at the ballot box this fall.Republicans are skeptical. Democrats are hopeful. And outside groups that favor gun control aren t taking any chances.Organizations aligned with Democrats on gun control are spending tens of millions of dollars to ensure that young voters passion and enthusiasm doesn t f stanley polska ade before the November mi stanley cup dterm elections, when the Republican Party s control of Congress will be put to the test. Other people look at those young people and think organizing them makes no sense because they don t vote, said Tom Steyer, the billionaire hedge-fund magnate-turned-liberal activist who has committed at least $31 million this year to what is believed to be the largest youth vote organizing effort in American history. We really believe in this generation. Past voting patterns show how much work Steyer and others have ahead of them. Just 15 percent of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 20 cast ballots in the last midterm election. Still, the mobilization of young people following last month s shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school has raised the prospect of a shift that coul stanley cup d re-shape the American political landscape this fall mdash; and perhaps for much longer.Student leaders from Parkland have already succ Osnt Trump levies more personal attacks on Harris in Wisconsin rally
POLITICAL SCIENCE TEA LEAVES....Who s really the most liberal senator Over at OTB, Chris Lawrence ha stanley cups uk s more on this subject, including yet another measure that goes by the shorthand nickname CJR:The results suggest that Obama has the 9th most liberal voting record in the Senate, with rival Hillary Clinton in 11th place and very little daylight between them.....On the Republican side, John McCain appears in the middle of the GOP pack, as the 20th most-conservative senator, with no credible chance of being the most conservative a rating that South Carolina s Jim DeMint runs away with . McCain is, however, more conservative than GOP stalwarts like Orrin stanley cup Hatch, Thad Cochran, Sam Brownback, and Lamar Alexander.So there you have it. If you average this with the Lewis/Poole OC results, it seems likely that Obama i kubki stanley s about the 10th most liberal senator and Clinton is probably around 15th or so. McCain is Clinton s mirror image, with an average ranking that places him around the 15th most conservative senator. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8e9d34e-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c8e9d34e-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8e9d34e-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;
They have walked out, marched and demanded action across America to stop gun violence. But it s far from certain that the young people behind the March for Our Lives movement will be a political force at the ballot box this fall.Republicans are skeptical. Democrats are hopeful. And outside groups that favor gun control aren t taking any chances.Organizations aligned with Democrats on gun control are spending tens of millions of dollars to ensure that young voters passion and enthusiasm doesn t f stanley polska ade before the November mi stanley cup dterm elections, when the Republican Party s control of Congress will be put to the test. Other people look at those young people and think organizing them makes no sense because they don t vote, said Tom Steyer, the billionaire hedge-fund magnate-turned-liberal activist who has committed at least $31 million this year to what is believed to be the largest youth vote organizing effort in American history. We really believe in this generation. Past voting patterns show how much work Steyer and others have ahead of them. Just 15 percent of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 20 cast ballots in the last midterm election. Still, the mobilization of young people following last month s shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school has raised the prospect of a shift that coul stanley cup d re-shape the American political landscape this fall mdash; and perhaps for much longer.Student leaders from Parkland have already succ Osnt Trump levies more personal attacks on Harris in Wisconsin rally
POLITICAL SCIENCE TEA LEAVES....Who s really the most liberal senator Over at OTB, Chris Lawrence ha stanley cups uk s more on this subject, including yet another measure that goes by the shorthand nickname CJR:The results suggest that Obama has the 9th most liberal voting record in the Senate, with rival Hillary Clinton in 11th place and very little daylight between them.....On the Republican side, John McCain appears in the middle of the GOP pack, as the 20th most-conservative senator, with no credible chance of being the most conservative a rating that South Carolina s Jim DeMint runs away with . McCain is, however, more conservative than GOP stalwarts like Orrin stanley cup Hatch, Thad Cochran, Sam Brownback, and Lamar Alexander.So there you have it. If you average this with the Lewis/Poole OC results, it seems likely that Obama i kubki stanley s about the 10th most liberal senator and Clinton is probably around 15th or so. McCain is Clinton s mirror image, with an average ranking that places him around the 15th most conservative senator. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8e9d34e-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c8e9d34e-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8e9d34e-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;