Politics

On today’s Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the ongoing battle over tax increases on the rich and $1.2 trillion dollars in automatic spending cuts. President Obama is calling for a grand bargain to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.  What’s in store for the future of the Bush tax cuts and programs like social security and Medicare? Join us at 10am PT or leave a comment here. Who are the major players in this debate and how do you think it should be dealt with? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

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In 2008, 18- to 29-year-olds voted in record numbers. Turnout this election was expected to be way down among that age group – a voting bloc known as the Millennials – but their numbers were on par with four years ago. Mitt Romney received 37 percent support from young people, about 7 points higher than John McCain, and Barack Obama clinched 60 percent of the youth vote this time around.

Felicia Sullivan is a researcher at CIRCLE, the premier polling organization tracking youth and politics. She was pleasantly surprised as the polling numbers started coming in.