Any word on young voter turnout? 18-24 year olds...

[MustangEater8251]

Any numbers come out on this yet?

[AlienInv8r]

I think my roommate just mentioned to me that something like only 17% of people our age (18-24) turned out. He said it was some incredibly low number in relation to what was expected. I'm not totally sure though since I definitely dont pay much attention to stuff with politics.

[SirShaun]

I heard 17% of all the votes were place by 18-24 years old.

[98Camaro3.8]

The exit polls on CNN has some interesting stats:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pag.../epolls.0.html

[wilkcamaro98]

According to those stats is says 17% for people ages (18-29)

[MustangEater8251]

SOme good stats... I would have figured more people woudl have gone out and voted.

It wasn't hard, just register and show up a location and complete an arror with a line.

[speedracer95v6]

Originally posted by MustangEater8251:
SOme good stats... I would have figured more people woudl have gone out and voted.

It wasn't hard, just register and show up a location and complete an arror with a line.

exactly..lol.

[95Batmobile]

I heard on the radio this morning less than 1/10 voters was 18-25 or 18-30.

[ABH]

Here is the view of a guy from Ohio:

Congratulations college students and young people... for talking a good game but then sitting on your collective hands on election day . In my home state I saw you pass out fliers, stage and attend election events, man phone lines and go door to door for John Kerry only to somehow, someway manage to forget that you needed to actually vote for him to win. Less than 1 in 10 voters between 18 and 24 showed up to cast their votes. My disbelief is only exceeded by tempered anger at what a lazy, listless and pampered group you are. Not all of you... just 90%+ of you. As of last year in my home state there were 675,000 students enrolled in Ohio colleges and universities and the total population of young people between 20 and 24 was over 750,000. Over 675,000 of you decided you had better things to do than vote... thanks, you've made a tremendous difference. Go to the bathroom and take a long look in the mirror. You are single handedly responsible for four more years of government for big business and of big business. I now hope and pray for a draft to be enacted and to see you and your carefree "live for myself and for today" attitudes shipped off to the military where you may learn a shred of discipline, respect and responsibility. Flipping unbelievable.

Sounds a bit irritated...

www.politicalcrossfire.com

[majeskyb]

Hey, I voted. Had to fill out an absentee request form and then the ballot, and have it mailed out two weeks prior to the election. When you're on the other side of the world, you have to work harder to get things taken care of in the states

[HAZ-Matt]

It was about 1:10 of all voters were 18-24. Same as in 2000 practically.

[L32Projekt]

All talk and no "bang", sucks to be a young voter! At 25 I'm happy I voted, didn't make much of a difference in CA though. :D

[LD]

21 and I voted
made half my friends do it too
now what REALLY pissed me off is when I was getting on my best friend, she waited until the day before the election to tell me she isn't registered. WTF
I told her she had 4 years to register :rolleyes: whatever

[Midknite_Bird]

I voted and I'm 19. I wanted to get that sticker though, all I got was the top of the ballot. But remember last year they also had that "smack down" your vote, in an attempt to attract young voters. Didn't work out so well either.

[Blazing_Firebird]

I voted. I am absolutely disgusted with the lack of voting from the younger generation.

Whether or not your vote "counts", it's a right that we are blessed to have, at the very least, and we're not taking advantage of it.

Kerry would be in the White House right now if the youth generation had done what they were supposed to.

Just my .02