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msnbc.msn.com - 11/7/2008

Youth vote may have been key in Obama's win

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Youth turnout appears to be exceeding 2004 levels, which was itself a year with a big surge in voters ages 18 to 29. Young voters  preferred Barack Obama by a wide margin, experts say.

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thenextright.com - 11/6/2008

The Straight-Ticket Youth Vote

— thenextright.com — As a sidenote to Obama's 66-32 blowout among 18-29 voters, check out how these same voters voted... for the House. Not much different: 63-34. So, in casting an identity politics vote for Barack Obama, a hip young (by political standards) African ... (more) The Straight-Ticket Youth Vote

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gregmankiw.blogspot.com - 11/6/2008

The Youth Vote and the GOP

— gregmankiw.blogspot.com — This picture from Andrew Gelman is striking. It suggests that the major difference between the past two... elections and this one was the youth vote. In this election, the young left the Republican party in droves. Why? I am not enough of a political ... (more) The Youth Vote and the GOP

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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 11/6/2008

Losing the Youth Vote

— rossdouthat.theatlantic.com — Patrick Ruffini has the grisly details . Greg Mankiw ventures a conjecture : Why? I am not... enough of a political scientist to be sure, but recent conversations I have had with some Harvard undergrads have led me to a conjecture: It was largely ... (more) Losing the Youth Vote

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Big Victories in the States as Well
TPMCafe — ... Beyond the raw numbers, the composition of the electorate showed significant changes from 2004, with a higher percentage of minority voters and progressive voters coming to the polls. Early numbers suggest that young voters outperformed their turnout in the last presidential election. Even more importantly for progressives, they voted for progressive candidates in substantially higher numbers than in 2004, forming a critical element in the coalition that gave Obama and many other progressive candidates and issues support. ...