Posted 12/7/12 5:59 pm EST by Danica Davidson in Election 2012, Interview, Jobs, politics, School
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The election might be over, but for some, it's only the beginning. Young people can make a change in government, and Patrick Murphy proved it by getting elected to Congress while still in his twenties. He'll be taking office early next year!
Posted 12/5/12 4:34 pm EST by Alexandra Govere in Election 2012, Interview, Jobs, politics, School
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Republicans and Democrats often act like opponents in a political boxing ring, but a group of Western Connecticut State University honors students are ditchin' the labels and trying to find solutions to our nation’s problems that incorporate everyone’s ideas.
Posted 11/12/12 3:56 pm EST by Jose Iniguez in Election 2012, Music, politics, Video
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Fadi Saleh, the video maven behind Barackdubs, has done it again! He's had President Barack Obama lip-dubbed to Lady Gaga (7.6 million views), LMFAO (19.1 million views), Justin Bieber (6.4 million views), and -- in a video which premiered here on Act -- Carly Rae Jepsen (a staggering 31.7 million views). And now, he's already raked up 2.4 million views in five days with MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This," Obama-style!
Posted 11/7/12 1:46 pm EST by Danica Davidson in Celebs, Election 2012, politics, Sweet Tweet
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Last night Twitter went wild as people were glued to the news and announcements on winners were made. Learning that Barack Obama had been reelected as president of the United States was the biggest Twitter trend of the night and in Twitter history, but there was also a lot of talk about women and politics, and Sophia Bush had good news to share!
Posted 11/7/12 12:57 pm EST by Joey Parker in Celebs, Election 2012, politics
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It's over! What a season of politics that will forever go down in the history books! President Barack Obama was re-elected, and Governor Mitt Romney gracefully took the loss -- but both agree Washington must work together to get us really going. For the past year Romney and Obama have gone head to head on the campaign trail, and we think it's time they go hand in hand.
Posted 11/7/12 11:41 am EST by Alexandra Govere in Celebs, Election 2012, Style
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The votes are in and it's official now: Barry has been re-elected as the Prez of America. Now onto the second most important news of the day -- what the celebrities wore to the polling stations! We kid, we kid, but seriously stars got their political swag on while voting yesterday. From Beyoncé to Miley Cyrus, we've got 10 super stylish celebs who showed their true colors: red, white and blue and beyond!
Posted 11/6/12 1:56 pm EST by Alexandra Govere in Celebs, Election 2012, Music
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The boys of Far East Movement sure know how to make people dance, but today the “Like A G6” hit-makers wanna make you do something else: vote. We recently sat down with half of the dynamic foursome at ArjanWrites.com's ARTIST #TALK in NYC to discuss the importance of rockin’ the vote!
Posted 11/6/12 10:00 am EST by Sian-Pierre Regis in Election 2012, Music, politics
Photo: MTV Act's Sian Pierre kicking it with will.i.am.
Election Day is today and will.i.am is making sure his voice is heard. At a recent party for his new eco-conscious style venture EKOCYCLE, the music mogul carved out some time to talk politics, and talked about his new song, "#GreatTimes."
Posted 11/6/12 9:00 am EST by Becca Frucht in Election 2012, politics
Photo: Becca Frucht getting some voting real talk from Talib Kweli . (MTV)
Need more pop star peer pressure to get you to the polls today?! No problemo. We sat down with Passion Pit, Miike Snow, Talib Kweli and more amazing artists to get their take on why young people need to vote TODAY!
Photo: It's Election Day. Go vote!
Happy Election Day! Here at Power of 12 HQ, we are tossing our #IVoted stickers like confetti and showing our democracy some love by voting and getting our friends to as well! We’re also celebrating with some awesome Facebook coverphotos, Tumblr gifs, and more.
