John Lennon's Dream and Nixon's Nightmare




My History Can Beat Up Your Politics show

Summary: Youth voters never turned out to be the radical force in politics that John Lennon or Ted Kennedy wanted when the 26th Amendment was enacted. instead of a new generation of voting hippies, they for a while were the foot soldiers of Ronald Reagan's revolution. This has changed, 04-12 and we look at that change, and the possible future of youth voting.