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AceT
Portland, OR
April 2004
NOV 11, 2008 11:55 AM
Katieesq said:
I know this map says if 18-29 year olds voted, but does anyone have any reliable data on how many young people voted in this election compared to previous ones? I haven't seen anything posted and have only heard anecdotal evidence.
You heard it from me via Brian Williams. Why do you hate us? 
Election night numbers from NBC were 1 in 10 under the age of 30 had never voted, 2 out of 3 voted Obama. Later exit poll numbers seem to corroborate that.
Between 22 and 24 million young Americans ages 18-29 voted, resulting in an estimated youth voter turnout (the percentage of eligible voters who actually cast a vote) of between 49.3 and 54.5 percent, according to an exit poll analysis released Nov. 4 by CIRCLE, a nonpartisan research center at Tufts University. This is an increase of 1 to 6 percentage points over the estimated youth turnout in 2004, and an increase of between 8 and 13 percentage points over the turnout in the 2000 election. The all-time highest youth turnout was 55.4 percent in 1972, the first year that 18-year-olds could vote in a presidential election.
Sixty-six percent of young voters cast their ballot for Barack Obama, the largest-ever showing for a presidential candidate in this age group. Young people preferred Obama to John McCain by a two-to-one ratio, according to a survey of young voters conducted by Declare Yourself, a nonpartisan initiative dedicated to youth voters, and Luntz Maslansky Strategic Research, a market research company, and released Nov. 6.
NOV 11, 2008 11:56 AM
AceT said:
Katieesq said:
I know this map says if 18-29 year olds voted, but does anyone have any reliable data on how many young people voted in this election compared to previous ones? I haven't seen anything posted and have only heard anecdotal evidence.
You heard it from me via Brian Williams. Why do you hate us?
Election night numbers from NBC were 1 in 10 under the age of 30 had never voted, 2 out of 3 voted Obama. Exit poll numbers from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement seem to corroborate that.
Between 22 and 24 million young Americans ages 18-29 voted, resulting in an estimated youth voter turnout (the percentage of eligible voters who actually cast a vote) of between 49.3 and 54.5 percent, according to an exit poll analysis released Nov. 4 by CIRCLE, a nonpartisan research center at Tufts University. This is an increase of 1 to 6 percentage points over the estimated youth turnout in 2004, and an increase of between 8 and 13 percentage points over the turnout in the 2000 election. The all-time highest youth turnout was 55.4 percent in 1972, the first year that 18-year-olds could vote in a presidential election.
Sixty-six percent of young voters cast their ballot for Barack Obama, the largest-ever showing for a presidential candidate in this age group. Young people preferred Obama to John McCain by a two-to-one ratio, according to a survey of young voters conducted by Declare Yourself, a nonpartisan initiative dedicated to youth voters, and Luntz Maslansky Strategic Research, a market research company, and released Nov. 6.
She said "reliable data" not exit polls. 
AceT
Portland, OR
April 2004
NOV 11, 2008 12:32 PM
NOV 11, 2008 11:55 PM
X_Racer_X said:
Meant to say 18 - 29 year olds in Georgia.. where I just moved from.. 
hey..YOU go have 250 dollars worth of tapas and booze @ Amada and try to post coherently ..
Sounds like fun, but I usually try to cut myself off after a couple of drinks, but I'm not one to judge. Quality is always better then quantity in my book though.
n8tvegrl
Bend, OR
February 2004
NOV 11, 2008 08:06 AM