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Check out this article from San Diego Union Tribune. It talks about how candidates are using social networking and video sites to attract young voters.

Ben Unger of the Public Interest Research Group makes an important point, warning that candidates can't rely too heavily on the Web to woo young voters.

“If there is a pitfall, it would be that candidates think that YouTube is the only way to reach out to young people,” said Unger, field director for the PIRG's New Voter Project. “These candidates can and should be doing more – talking to young people about the issues they care about, coming to campus, spending their advertising money in youth markets.”