Declare Yourself Anticipates Record Youth Turnout for Super Tuesday Primaries

    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ --

         Who:  Marc Morgenstern, executive director of Declare Yourself -- the
               nonpartisan youth voter initiative founded by television
               pioneer Norman Lear, which has registered more than a quarter
               million young voters so far for the 2008 campaign.

               Declare Yourself is the official registration partner for the
               MySpace/MTV "Closing Arguments: A Presidential Super Dialogue"
               TV event on Saturday, Feb. 2.

        What:  Morgenstern is available for phone or in-person interviews to
               comment and provide insights on the youth vote.

        When:  Anytime day or night from Friday, Feb. 1 - Wednesday, Feb. 6.

    Contacts:  Marc Morgenstern, executive director, Declare Yourself
               marcm@declareyourself.com
               Cell: 310-321-2247
               Office: 310-385-4023

               Additional "millennial aged" spokesperson:
               Diana Nguyen, associate director, Declare Yourself
               diana@declareyourself.com
               Cell: 310-385-4186
               Office: 323-875-2001

         Why:  DECLARE YOURSELF ANTICIPATES RECORD YOUTH TURNOUT
               FOR SUPER TUESDAY PRIMARIES

               Online Declare Yourself poll finds "Economy and Jobs" as top
               issue for young voters

Declare Yourself, the national nonpartisan, nonprofit youth voter registration initiative, which has registered more than a quarter million young voters so far for the 2008 campaign, today predicted record level participation by 18-to-29-year-old voters in the Feb. 5 "Super Tuesday" primaries, extending this year's historic youth voting trend and expanding young people's influence on the presidential campaign.

Based on a new online survey and focus groups conducted by Declare Yourself, concerns about the economy are particularly driving young people to the polls. A current Quick Poll on declareyourself.com found that "Economy and Jobs" was the number one issue by more than a 2-to-1 ratio over the "War in Iraq," followed by "Health Care" and "Environment."

"They know that their votes really count this time around. Young voters are burying the old assumption that they are too cynical or apathetic to participate in the electoral process," said Marc Morgenstern, Executive Director of Declare Yourself. "Young people are telling us that they're seeking positive solutions to these key issues and they're turned off by negative campaigning."

Morgenstern added that in January Declare Yourself received a burst of youth voter registrations through its online form, as young people sought to meet state registration deadlines to vote in the Super Tuesday primaries.

Declare Yourself, founded by television pioneer Norman Lear, has registered over a quarter-million young people for the 2008 elections through Declare Yourself's simple, online registration form. The 50-state online form, which takes less than two minutes to complete, is available on declareyourself.com and dozens of affiliated sites, including MySpace.com/declareyourself, Yahoo.com, Facebook.com and Votolatino.org. This accelerated registration pace puts Declare Yourself well on its way to exceed its target to register two million young voters for the 2008 general election.

Declare Yourself registered 1.2 million young voters in the 2004 campaign, helping raise participation from 18-to-25-year-olds by 11 percent over the 2000 election. The 2004 election tallied the highest levels of youth voter participation in thirty years, but was still the lowest of all eligible demographic groups.

About Declare Yourself

Declare Yourself is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to empower and encourage every eligible 18-to-29-year-old in America to register and vote in the presidential primaries and 2008 presidential election. Using the power of strategic media partnerships, celebrity spokespeople, the sports arena, and most importantly, mobile and Internet technology, Declare Yourself's campaign blankets the landscape of popular culture, as well as universities and high schools, with a simple, clear message: REGISTER and VOTE!

For the 2008 primary season and general election, Declare Yourself is enlisting an unprecedented array of partners including Cricket Wireless, Yahoo!, MySpace, Google, UWIRE, Good Magazine, Clear Channel, Comedy Central, American Eagle Outfitters, Harper Collins, Starbucks and Voto Latino. Easy registration is available through http://www.declareyourself.com or by texting VOTE to 55355 on your mobile phone.