Newly Released Poll Result: Young Americans Say Facebook and Text Messages are Tools That Make Millennials More Likely to Vote

Newly Released Poll Result: Young Americans Say Facebook and Text Messages are Tools That Make Millennials More Likely to Vote

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Generation Opportunity, Organizing Young Adults Nationwide, Tops Two Million Fans on Facebook

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Generation Opportunity currently expelled some-more polling information from a inhabitant consult of young adults ages 18-29. The newly expelled information underscores a ongoing energy of social media and text messaging as communication collection with a top odds of removing some-more young Americans to vote. The polling information was done accessible during a same week that Generation Opportunity, that was publicly announced in Jun of 2011, surfaced a sum sum of dual million fans on a renouned Facebook pages "Being American" and "The Constitution."

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In answer to a doubt of that communications apparatus would be many expected to get some-more immature Americans to vote, 66% of Millennials indicated Facebook sign messages, 58% indicated content reminder messages, 38% indicated email sign messages, 28% indicated open use announcements, and 13% indicated write reminders.

"Our information underscores a ongoing energy of amicable media and content messaging among a era hardest strike by record stagnation and a bad economy. Young adults use these technologies daily to plead how a economy has behind their futures and how to conduct their lives in a midst of really small mercantile opportunity," pronounced Paul T. Conway, a President of Generation Opportunity and former Chief of Staff of a United States Department of Labor. "One summary from immature adults is extravagantly transparent - they are sleepy of a station quo in Washington and have mislaid calm with inaugurated leaders who are some-more focused on their possess re-elections than on regulating a issues that have put America on a wrong track."

Generation Opportunity is a amicable media and grassroots classification focused on organizing and mobilizing immature adults by a plan formed on amicable media and belligerent operations. Previously expelled information from a same Generation Opportunity consult of immature adults indicated that 69% trust a stream care in Washington fails to paint a interests of immature people, 61% pronounced they would opinion formed on a possibilities station on a issues or record in bureau contra their charisma, 57% pronounced that in 2012 they will learn some-more about a process positions of presidential possibilities than they did in 2008, and usually 31% approve of President Obama's doing of girl unemployment.

2012 - Most Effective Platforms to Encourage Young Americans to Vote:

Generation Opportunity consecrated a check with a polling company, inc./WomanTrend (April 16 - 22, 2011, +/- 4% domain of error) and name formula for all immature Americans ages 18-29 appears below:

    --  When asked, "Which, of a following, would make immature people         some-more expected to vote?" - immature Americans indicated:         o 66% Facebook Message Reminder         o 58% Text Message Reminder         o 38% Email Reminder         o 28% Public Service Announcement         o 13% Phone Call 

How a Economy has Negatively Impacted a Future for Young Americans:

    --  77% of immature people ages 18-29 possibly have or will check a         vital life change or squeeze due to mercantile factors:         o 44% check shopping a home         o 28% check saving for retirement         o 27% check profitable off tyro loans or other debt         o 27% check going behind to school/getting some-more preparation or           training         o 26% check changing jobs/cities         o 23% check starting a family         o 18% check removing married 

ABOUT GENERATION OPPORTUNITY

Generation Opportunity is a non-profit, non-partisan 501 (c)(4) classification that seeks to rivet everybody from immature adults, to early career professionals, college students, immature mothers and fathers, construction workers, stream use group and women, veterans, entrepreneurs and all Americans who find themselves discontented with a station quo and peaceful to emanate a improved tomorrow. Generation Opportunity will continue to rivet immature Americans on issues that impact their lives and a republic as a whole and inspire them by both amicable media and grassroots organizing to turn some-more civically intent and make their voices heard.

Generation Opportunity operates on a plan that combines modernized amicable media strategy with proven grassroots strategy to strech immature Americans 18-29. The organization's amicable media platforms - "Being American" on Facebook and "The Constitution" on Facebook - have amassed a sum fan bottom of some-more than 2 million. Both pages post links to applicable articles and reports from sources trimming from a sovereign General Accountability Office (GAO), to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Brookings Institution, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and The Heritage Foundation.

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Matthew Faraci

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SOURCE Generation Opportunity

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