did and only in the west? >> everyone has thought about why the industrial revolution happened when it did, and no one has an answer. it is a good idea to think about how to do things better. but then you think about why was this the case at that particular time? these things happen randomly. there certainly were big political changes in 1988. speaking as a non-historian, we created a much bigger climate, a much safer climate. so, i am not telling you we should not care about our politics. we should be particularly concerned. >> [unintelligible]

>> uh- >> senate democrats on the benefits for women in the affordable health care law. >> on the newsmakers, john cornyn, outlines the key republican campaign strategy to win a senate majority in the election. newsmakers sunday at 10:00 and 6:00 eastern on c-span. >> the political parties are holding their platform hearing in advance of the summer conventions with democrats voting on their final

recommendations and detroit followed by mid august. coverage of the party conventions begins august 10 with a reform party in philadelphia. the democratic national convention live from charlotte, north carolina monday september 3. >> a discussion on the role of a 18-29 year-old voters from today's washington journal. this is under 30 minutes.

>> you are charged with getting people up to vote. how is it different then the dnc and rnc who want to see them at the polls. it >> i guess the dissension i would make is to have groups that are partisan and political and reach out to the political base of each party and do a pretty good job of it. we are focused on key principles. opportunity. the advancement of that freedom and smaller government. we sweep up a lot of people. independents and republicans. people the have not made up their mind yet. host: what is a millennial voter and where did they stand in 2012?

guest: that are considered to be 18 have entered the 9 year olds but they are basically adults emerging into the voting electorate and people who have been there a little while. that includes college-educated and professionals. for 2012 these are the people who were very active in the 2008 for president obama. host: in terms of the millennial unemployment, we have the numbers from the department of labour. the national unemployment rate was 8.3% for the millennial spirited what kind of an effect will this have an november? guest: the real thing going on is to have the tour. seven figure.

in addition to that you have 1.7 americans no longer counted by the bureau of labor and statistics. if the to the number and folded it, you have an actual unemployment rate for 16.7 million. when you ask one person on the ground in iowa or ohio or florida what does this mean, they either knows somebody directly, they experience it themselves or their families experience it. when you have a national issue, that will be a predominant issue in the election. host: we are talking about the millennial vote. we would like for you to get involved in the conversation. the numbers are on the screen.

we have a special line for millennial between 18 and 29 years old. continuing on regarding the discussion on the mellon deals and the unemployment situation, and what you are dealing with with your research, do you find these people who are coming out and that large numbers for president obama when he was the candidate in 2008, did they feel disappointed by the fact so many of their rank and file are unemployed in 2012? guest: there is a tremendous amount of frustration. in 2008, the turnout was 66%. part of that is a tribute to their campaign. they've reached out in and they built a great deal of expectation about hope and change. the reality is many of them are

frustrated and only 31% believe president obama has done a good job on youth unemployment. 77% of them have actually made a major life decision or delayed one because of the economy. this includes getting married, having kids. or the fundamental things that young workers often do, which is which cities to get new skills or new opportunities. they're not doing that because there is no confidence. host: you bring up the major life changes that have been delayed. we have some numbers from the polling company. you mentioned buying a home. 44% of the folks that were polled say they have delayed buying a home. 28% say they are delaying saving for retirement. 27 percent says paying of student loan or other debt. changing jobs, 26%. starting a family, 23 percent and you're getting married, 18%. this unemployment is having a significant effect on these folks.

guest: absolutely. when you look at this, to understand the impact, it is based on individual spirit it is an impact at a local level. it impacts a huge number of industries. housing. consumer goods. the basics of life that young people often go through are being impacted. this is one of the things that when we look at that number, we try to think of it in terms of individuals and make certain that we are connecting. about their personal situations. host: paul conaway certification

four u.s. presidents, three governors, and is a veteran of more than 100 political campaigns. our first call comes from houston, texas. mark is 29. you are on. caller: hello. thank you for having me. host: what is your situation? caller: i was speaking on the numbers, the unemployment numbers. -- is this something that we will -- host:we lost mark. it sounded like he was -- i cannot really say. is this something that will be a long-term concern for the millennials? guest: i think so. in order to get out of this slump, you need job creation levels at 350,000 per month. when you look at that number of 12.7%, that issue will be generational. no doubt about it. in terms of entry level job skills and being able to accumulate wealth, this will be a major issue for many years. host: next up is gail calling from albuquerque, new mexico. you are on.

caller: good morning. i wanted to talk about during 2009, we voted president obama into the white house. it seems like the young people kind of gave up and did not help him out by keeping congress democrat. we would have been out of this recession right now and growing at a faster rate if we had not have sat down. the president is trying to do this all by himself. we are trying to blame him for something. it host: before you hang up, you said we young people. how old are you? caller: i am 25. guest: regardless of what your political party is, we strongly believe that people must stay involved in the process. if you were active for president obama and you feel

strongly, you have a duty and loyalty to stay involved. however, if you feel that he has not represented your concerns, you also have an obligation to articulate those. our friend is a democrat. he self identified dead. in terms of blaming yourself, you have to stay involved in the process. we are seeing a lot of folks who originally said the, we will support you and we are active for president obama. they changed their minds. there are changes occurring. host: our line for independent. go ahead. caller: i had heard that the unemployment rate for recent college graduates was somewhere around 50% and that is why it was affecting their decisions on what they were doing and a high percentage of recent graduates were having to go back home and not be able to branch

out on their own? have you had any research on that? guest: we do. there is a study that came out from rutgers that spoke to this issue. what it indicated was that for college graduates in america, the unemployment rate and underemployment rate is 50%. for the country, the question is -- if you have folks who actually have taken on debt and student loans and have saw to better themselves through college and only 50% are actively engaged in the workforce and the rest are underemployed or unemployed, what do you have to say? we do not think that is a good thing. not for the individuals or states that are depending on bride-to stay in them. it is not good for the country, long term. many folks are going home

without jobs. they're staying with their parents and trying to pay their loans. that is why we firmly believe things need to change. host: we have a tweet -- guest: that person is correct. you are able to see some candidates have emerged very strongly. ron paul has a strong following. you have to be careful how you define libertarian because a lot of times, we are talking about a great deal of frustration at bel federal government. people are frustrated with political parties. people feel like they are contributing to the debt. people are absolutely correct about that, to some extent. libertarian as some is -- libertarianism is very strong. in addition to ron paul getting enthusiasm, you have very strong candidates like rick santorum who were able to get

the majority of the useful int -- youth vote in states like ohio. when you have candidates who are not afraid about articulation, you'll get a strong following. guest: there is a tremendous amount of frustration. in 2008, the turnout was 66%. guest: one of the things not talk about is she is a harvard mba. she was concerned about what the future of the country would be in terms of competitiveness. she made it a priority and her

office. caller: i live in the 10th ward which is the board for the neighborhood surrounding it. what we found is the early vote is very good to help turn out the students vote. if you put a vote out for the neighborhood, not only does the student told on the campus and in the neighborhood there and pocket sell it around the city, it enables students while on campus to vote early.

it was quite a boom for student voting. i think it is a very good thing to do. something i would encourage all campus swords to do is have an early vote location. guest: that is something when i was young my career, i was the state chairman for college republicans and maine. labor able to turn out so vote that it actually defeated an incumbent state sen entered that was one of our professors. we became a best friend. that is true whether you are in local communities or a campus level. the fact the students vote has impact is something that is the subject of a lot of impact. i think the more you can reach out to people and in towards them to vote and remind them of their responsibility to vote is

a good thing. >> we have a map supplied to us from you all regarding targeted out to reach a targeted visits to colleges and high schools. this is based on the obama administration's travel numbers. the state's am blue is where the president has visited three or more times between march 2011 and july 2012. the states with the red dots are states where there has been a single visit. this is not lost they need to get out there and target young people if they want to be reelected. >> they look at the same polling numbers that we did. where we found an interesting is we are active at the grass-roots level. we have a very aggressive grass- roots team.

. there were talking at the taxpayer expense a president of? and his officials. we took a look at the last six months. it is clear when you look at unemployment -- young adults employment levels. this has impacted their enthusiasm. based on analysis, they have done 400 targeted visits to college campuses and at locations around the country and swing states where young adults hang out and where they have a population center. host: we are talking with paul conway. if you want to find out more you can go to their web site. we will leave that up for a couple of seconds while we take the next call from a greenhill north carolina. james is a millennial. caller: i really want to tell you there is a huge disconnect

from what you see on tv and what people say about unemployment. i work in the home health industry. you see how people have the regular americans -- my company boats medicaid and medicare. i have two youngsters who are 23 and 24 years old. i see my young people tell me all the time -- most of them do not know what is going on in politics at all. they have no clue. the most frustrating thing for me is that people, politicians will say unemployment and this and that. it has gotten to the point where he and they tell me, we do not know what is going on. they do not know anything about politics because they do not watch it or understand it. then you see people who are frustrated. every day i see this, every single day. people are getting afdc say, it

is easier for me to get food stamps and to find a job. they cannot get jobs because they are under qualified or over qualified for they give up looking. that is the real meat and potatoes going on in this country. we have gotten to the point where everybody has given up. host: paul conway, before you answer that, i want to throw this up. it is a tweet. it says, why is paul conway leading an effort to bring in 18-year old voters? guest: the caller brought up the issue of disconnectedness among young people. we designed the organization to reach out on social media

because that is where young people are getting their information. we have had 750 million views on our pages. we source everything we put up on facebook because we have actually become an information hub for millions of americans across the country. the caller is absolutely right. people are disconnected from the events going on in the news and you will get a great deal of frustration. people are frustrated with the lack of opportunity and they earned dropping out of the process. we are trying to change that -- and they are dropping out of the process. we are trying to change that. to the second caller, it is a great question. i had been opportunity to pull together a group of folks who are all land deals. i worked closely with them --

who are all millenials. we have a blend of talent. folks who are my age and the majority of my staff are millenials. we have over 900 campaigns under our belts, political campaigns. when it comes to leading an organization, sometimes talent and experience is helpful. they thought so. i have had the pleasure and the opportunity to serve them. our organization is tied into the community. they are masters of the universe in terms of technology. i am fairly good at identifying and building teams. we wanted to make sure we had a team that was world class. we have a vice president that is an expert in running organizations and tying policy

and tactics. our vice-president of communication is another talent. he is a young man who started a business in his house on social media and did quite well. we are lucky to have him. what our national field organizers -- these folks are overwhelmingly in the demographic and they do a great job at what they do. host: would you say that for campaigns around the country, regardless of what the level is, that they can use generation opportunity as a resource for how to better communicate with that millenial voting blocked? guest: we do not -- coordinate with campaigns at all. we have a number of tools available about how to be effective on talk radio and television.

we also see a lot of folks that are mimicking what we do on facebook, copying things. it is the sincerest form of flattery in some ways. we have also seen an uptick of organizations trying to address millenials. this demographic is wide open. if anyone feels they have a lock on this demographic, they do not. this is a discerning generation. you need to go out and tell them what the solutions are. they will hold you accountable and they are looking for results. they are living with the problem every day. they want results. host: let's go back to the phones and our conversation with paul conway, the president

of opportunity -- operation opportunity. caller: i wanted to expand a little bit on a couple of calls ago saying they supported obama and after that everybody went home. the point is, we have to realize the that that one person, even the president, does not to say this is what i want to happen. there are 535 other people who are important. what we have seen happen with this gridlock situation that we have is we have a party that is actually decided that since they did not win the white house, the way of eventually winning the white house is to make sure the person in there was not successful at anything they attempted to do. i am saying, that is our biggest problem right now. we have to realize that falling victim to that kind of trick is not going to work. even if the other side wins this time, it will be a close election. now the democrats get to do everything they can do to stop whenever ms. romney tries to do to actually fix our situation -- mitt romney tries to do to actually six our situation.

so that the next election, the economy will still be bad and everybody will blame that one person. host: we will leave it there. guest: the caller is from new orleans. new orleans is a place that is near and dear to my heart. i participate in rebuilding after hurricane katrina. -- participate in rebuilding after hurricane katrina. some folks would like to say there is block and tackle going on. i think it is more complex.

when you have a congress that is elected by the people and some of those representative take a look at things based on principle. some of the disagreements with present -- with president obama are bipartisan concerns. it is interesting that the caller is calling from new orleans. take a look at the city of new orleans and around the gulf coast. there was a moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the gulf of mexico. the mouth of flowback on that was led by mary landrieu, -- blowback was led by mary landrieu. we are talking about jobs on the gulf coast. these are good, hard-working folks who are trying to get their boat mortgages paid off, get to rebuild.

when you have a shutdown of a major element of america's hinchey independence and the acceptance of that was based on principle -- america's energy independence had and the exceptions -- acceptance of that was based on principle. when we take a look at that issue alone, we see that a lot of the frustration and the push back on administration issues is bipartisan. same thing with coal. i representative -- a governor, joe manchin, has taken at a stand and said that we put out a coal mine, you are putting a community out of work. sometimes when you take a look at what is: on on the hill, it is a matter of principle, not just politics. host: we have an e-mail that says paul if a bright fellow.

>> dr. atul grover talks about the doctor shortage and the impact the affordable care act will have on that. and dr. kresbsbach looks a manufacturing and factory workers. next house delegate speaks on a measure to limit abortions in washington, d.c.. then kathleen sebelius on the benefits for women on the health care law. after that the weekly addresses by president obama and eric cantor. cantor.