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weeklystandard.com - 11/17/2008
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This chart from a recent Pew report about the youth vote is fascinating. We’ve all seen the numbers on the growing Obama and Democratic edge among voters under 30 repeated ad nauseam. But it’s interesting how closely various subgroups of voters over 30 divided.
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pewresearch.org - 11/17/2008
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This year, 66% of those under age 30
voted for Barack Obama making the disparity between young...
voters and other age groups larger than in any presidential election since exit polling began in 1972.
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Young Voters in the 2008 Election
weeklystandard.com - 11/25/2008
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weeklystandard.com —
Eighteen to twenty-nine-year-old turnout did not live up
to all the pre-election hype. According to CNN exit...
polls, the proportion of voters under 30 increased by about 1 percent nationally--from 17 percent of the electorate in 2004 to 18 percent ...
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Keeping Young Voters in the Democratic Column
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... concludes, but Republicans shouldn’t take much comfort in the exaggeration. Over the last two presidential elections, the GOP has lost the youth vote by sharply increasing margins — and may have lost an entire generation of voters (via Brian Faughnan ): In the last three general elections - 2004, 2006, and 2008 — young voters have given the Democratic Party a majority of their votes, and for all three cycles they have been the party’s most supportive age group. This year, 66% of those under age 30 voted for Barack Obama making the disparity between young voters and other age ...
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