At Facebook HQ, Obama Courts Young Voters


Palo Alto (California), Apr 21 (AFP) US President Barack Obama has urged young voters who backed his historic 2008 election to "double down" in 2012 as he paid a campaign-style visit to Facebook headquarters.

"Don't get frustrated and cynical about our democracy" even though "Lord knows it's frustrating," he pleaded at the tail end of a question-and-answer session at the social networking titan's home base yesterday.

Obama listed a series of his achievements, including his landmark health law and getting two women on the US Supreme Court, but warned young voters who helped win him the White House two years ago that he needed them to face challenges like the country's debt and deficit struggles.

"I can't do it by myself.

  

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