The Hollywood nightclub is dark and the music so loud that conversation means leaning into an ear and shouting. But the drinks are free until midnight, and anyway most in the upstairs room of Passion nightclub are dancing, not talking.
Still, Chris Chiari, a Democratic candidate for the Florida House of Representatives, mingles in the crowd, drink in hand, campaigning. He shouts, by way of conversation: "This is real political action.''
This, to be exact, is Party Politics Inc. -- the latest, but not the first or only effort to engage 20-somethings in politics by appealing to their inner party animal. The idea is simple: host parties with a two-hour open bar about once a month at South Florida nightclubs. Post fliers at local colleges and send messages to friends on Facebook and MySpace.
The target audience: Generation Y, or Echo Boomers, or Millenials. Really, anyone born between 1980 and 1994.
Read more here.
can anyone born in '94 register to vote? and for that matter...drink for free in a club- or even get into that club?
Posted by: sam | July 28, 2008 at 08:06 AM
If this is how the Dems plan to campaign this fall it will be a great year for us Republicans. What an idiot.
Posted by: Passion Bouncer | July 28, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Smart way to reach out to 20 somethings... 18yr olds have high school or college groups reaching out to them... but we've always lost them when they get out of college.
Posted by: liveGOP | July 28, 2008 at 12:05 PM