Posted on 11/02/2004 6:25:59 PM PST by hawaiian
Nov 2, 9:02 PM EST
2004 Not a Breakout for Youth After All
By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- This was not the breakout year for young voters that some had anticipated. Fewer than one in 10 voters Tuesday were 18 to 24, about the same proportion of the electorate as in 2000, exit polls indicated. Still, with voter turnout expected to be higher overall, more young people appeared to have come out.
A vigorous push on college campuses by both parties and national mobilization drives had raised expectations that 2004 would be the year of the youth vote.
Exit polls indicated that young people who did vote were strongly supporting Democrat John Kerry over President Bush, while they were evenly split between Bush and Democrat Al Gore four years ago.
The exit polls were conducted for The Associated Press by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International.
Too busy protesting than to actually vote.
Phish concerts, weed and multiple viewings of Michael Moore's cinematic craptaculars remain -- all things being equal -- reliable indicators of congenital slackerdom.
(Note To Any 18-24 FReepers Reading This: you're all excluded from the above, of course.) :)
Here's my take.
Voting was just so mainstream, and turning out Bush was the establishment thing to do.
That doesn't exactly sound like something youthful Americans do - sure, they jump on bandwagons, but man, they reject the hard sell and Bush is counter-culture at this point. Ollie North was the hero for our generation when everyone else was hating his gutts.
It still applies.
When I was in college I voted absentee. Maybe the kids are sending votes home & not voting near campus.
Probably wasted from listening to Springsten.
Went over to DU and they are whining like hell the Rock the vote didnt turn out.One Dumocrat said "Draft em"!ROFLMAO!
I voted!
I'm turning 28 next month, gramps!
maybe they are smarter then you think. maybe they are not sure which way to jump???
this is the first time i have voted in all local races. here 7 years.
Joe Scarbourgh should have placed a money bet with the rest of the Hardball cast on this one. He be a richer man today!
vock the rote
The youth of America...particularily the youth on the left and right coast are a bunch of worthless slackers...
You cant hire them...they are worthless..Why?...because they never show up!
NBC was making big deal of 13% increase in new voters X 13% bump for Kerry among younger crowd. (42% to 56%) What's 13% of 13% of FL total? I swear this is stuff thrown out there for Calif. to absorb. They are desperate.
Hey I voted this morning. Third time in my life (Republican) , and I am only 23.
Bush For The WIN ! :)
More MoveOn money well spent:)
Vote or Die, hah! Guess your MTV minions failed you Lurch!
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