It's only April, yet YN's election coverage is already getting on my nerves.

According to the home page "'McCain to me has no brains,' blogs Samantha. 48% of 18-25 year olds now lean towards the Democratic Party. Are you one of them?"

I understand that you are using the quote from an election blogger, not necessarily affiliated with YN...but in order for that argument to be valid, a quote from an election blogger reading "Let's all go nuke Iran" would also have to be considered.

Also, what on earth is the point of pointing out that 48% of young people lean towards the Democratic party and asking if the reader is one of them? It might be different if there were more staggering statistics, but this is just pathetic in my opinion.

If YN really wants to be proud of its election coverage, it needs to include intelligent quotes from their election bloggers (which I'm sure are out there...I would be more than happy to find some if you'd like) in addition to statistics that actually mean something...not that promote one side over another. (In keeping with YN's mission as a non-partisan organization.)

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I would be more than happy to find some if you'd like) in addition to statistics that actually mean something...

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48% of 18-25 year olds now lean towards the Democratic Party

So, if I had no background in Poli Sci and Sociology, I could easily say that 52% of 18-25 year olds lean towards the Republican Party? Cool.

Seriously, though. I'm with Meg. And if you have stats, could you make them easier to find? I'd like to actually know how many are Democrat, Libertarian, Republican, Green, Independent, etc. If you quote one part of the stats, make the others easier to find.

Though I do commend you on having a wide variety of correspondents, I hope to see a wide variety on the home page and not just one slanted side.