Matthew Lawson

Dr. Cantrell
Discourse 300
Annotated Bibliography: MGRP
12/5/2015
Chin, Teresa. "Got First-Time Voters Figured Out? Think Again." The Huffington Post.
TheHuffingtonPost.com, 23 Jan. 2014. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.
This source discusses the increased political diversity of the first time voter population
since the last election. It also provides statistics describing the ideological/political
tendencies of subgroups of the first time voter population.
erek, Jan, and Tomo Umemura. "Changes In Late Adolescents Voting Intentions During
The Election Campaign: Disentangling The Effects Of Political Communication
With Parents, Peers And Media." European Journal Of Communication 30.3
(2015): 285-300. Business Source Premier. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.
This source discusses the effects of political discussion with
parents/peers, as well as the exposure to political news, on first time
voters in the Czech Republic.
"At Issue | First-Time Voters." YouTube. The National, 8 Oct. 2015. Web.
20 Oct. 2015.
This video is a recording of an open forum for first time voters with
questions pertaining to voting in political elections put on by The
National in Canada.
Solum, Aleksander. "Young People Turn to Alternative News Sources." Msnbc.com. NBC
News Digital, 16 Sept. 2015. Web. 04 Dec. 2015.
This article discusses the growing market for independently owned news outlets.
Additionally, this source discusses the environment for news in Hong Kong, and the
manner in which citizens are functioning with the harsh rules set by the government.
Irvine, Martha. "Survey: Young Adults Do Consume News, in Their Own Way." Survey:
Young Adults Do Consume News _ in Their Own Way. The Associated Press, 16
Mar. 2015. Web. 04 Dec. 2015.
This article discusses the results of a survey conducted by The Associated Press-NORC
Center for Public Affairs Research and the American Press Institute. The survey
investigated the mediums millennial voters rely on for news, how they access those
mediums, and how often they access them.
"How Millennials Get News." American Press Institute RSS. American Press Institute
RSS, 15 Mar. 2015. Web. 04 Dec. 2015.
This article discusses the results of a survey conducted by Media Insight Project
(Collaboration of the American Press Institute and the Associated Press NORC Center for
Public Affairs Research). The survey investigated the manner in which millennial voters
obtain news, how often they do so, and where they do it.

Tierney, John. "How to Win Millennials: Equality, Climate Change, and Gay Marriage."
The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 17 May 2014. Web. 04 Dec. 2015.
This article discusses the progressive tendencies of the millennial population.
Additionally, the article presents the most important issues among the millennial
population today.
Keeter, Scott, Juliana Horowitz, and Alec Tyson. "Young Voters in the 2008 Election."
Pew Research Center RSS. Pew Research Center RSS, 13 Nov. 2008. Web. 06
Dec. 2015.
This article compares the voting pattern of the millennial population in the 2004, 2006,
and 2008 elections to that of the entire voting population. Additionally, the tendencies, as
they pertain to politics, of millennial voters are presented.
"Exit Polls." - Election Results 2008. New York Times, 5 Nov. 2008. Web. 06 Dec. 2015.
This source provides a breakdown of the results from the 2008 election. The result are
broken down into race, age, gender, education, voting experience, religion and
geographic area.
"Millennials Outnumber Baby Boomers and Are Far More Diverse." Millennials
Outnumber Baby Boomers and Are Far More Diverse. United States Census
Bureau, 25 June 2015. Web. 06 Dec. 2015.
This article discusses the size and diversity of the millennial population in comparison to
other generations in America.
"President Exit Polls." The New York Times. New York Times, n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2015.
This source provides a breakdown of the 2012 election results by race, age, gender,
religion, political party, income, size of population, sexuality, and voter experience.
Khalid, Asma, Kelly McEvers, and John Della Volpe. "How Will The New Crop Of FirstTime Voters Lean In 2016?" NPR. NPR, 6 Oct. 2015. Web. 18 Oct. 2015.
This source is the transcript from a conversation on National Public Radio hosted by
Kelly McEvers that focused on how the newest first time voters are expected to vote in
the upcoming presidential election.
Orman, Greg. "Millennial Voters in KC." Personal interview. 4 Nov. 2015.
In this interview Greg Orman shared his opinion on the millennial population, as well as
the strategy he employed to campaign to millennial voters during his 2014 Senatorial
campaign.