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.
weeklystandard.com - 11/17/2008
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weeklystandard.com —
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 ...
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Can Republicans Cut into Obama's Advantage among Young ...
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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Can Republicans Cut into Obama's Advantage among Young Voters?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... 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. ...
Youth vote slipping away from GOP?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... We heard over and over again during the election that the youth movement propelled Barack Obama to victory. That turns out to be somewhat overblown, Pew Research 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 ...
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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Specifically, the influential group of voters under age 26 is the most diverse and engaged generation in our country's history. They are developing innovative ways to help alleviate poverty or save the environment in their communities and around the world. ...
Disgrasian: A Fly in the Anointment: Bobby Jindal as the Republican Obama
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... , and these days, young people simply aren't kickin' it old skool with social conservatism. Which means Bobby Jindal has about 37 months to get a brand new steez. ...
Culture Warrior Jason Mattera Concerned About Young Conservatives Being Denied Free Speech? Oh, Puleeeze. Cry Me A River!
News Hounds —
... to talk about how today’s young generation are getting more conservative and "pro-life." As evidenced by Barack Obama’s recent victory which supports a recent Pew Poll that shows young people as diverse, secular, and liberal, the young culture crusader couldn’t have been more wrong. Thus, I had to do a ROFL when I heard last night’s (December 15th) “Grapevine” which cited a list of “Politically Correct Abuses of 2008.” This list was compiled by Jason Mattera’s ...
The Young At Heart
The American Spectator —
... According to the Pew Research Center’s
report about young voters it’s not unusual for young voters
to back Democrats. But in 2008, a whopping 66% of voters under
the age of 30 voted for Obama. This made the “disparity
between young voters and other age groups larger than in any
presidential election since exit polling began in 1972.” ...
Pew Research Center: Internet Political Activity 2008 Part II
Daily Kos —
... for political news, now surpassing radio. The news print line will, of course, continue to drop and the internet line will continue to go up. This has now well-known major implications for the newspaper business model. But, the data in the report really concentrates on the demographic that uses the internet for political news, at least as of 2008. Not only do young adults rely heavily on the internet (otherwise known as "the future", as in "young adults continue to skew Democratic"), only the 65+ group are heavily into ...
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