I proudly used my first vote in a presidential election to re-elect Pres. Bush. Once my generation gets older and wiser, we'll be voting Republican more and more.
Don't be fooled, the "younger generation" is sick and tired of being patronized and taken for granted. This is not the 1960s, the COUNTERCULTURE movement is actually CONSERVATIVES in our generation (I'm 23). Its amazing to watch on a grass roots level. You know that the College Republicans have hundreds more chapters than the College Democrats?
Young people hate the establishment, they hate things shoved down thier throat, and LIBERALISM is shoved down thier throats, LIBERALISM is the establishment, and while the overall demographic still trends democrat, it does so MUCH less, and is going further and further right.
So, while Mikie thinks "they're alright" (obviously that they came out, and voted for Kerry) - he's dead wrong... the younger generation won't be taken granted for anymore, and you'll see that trend continue as the elections continue to go by.
Matt