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November 18, 2004
The Youth Vote
The Boston Globe has the good news:
* Nationwide, 51.6 percent of eligible voters under 30 voted this month. This is nine percentage points over the turnout in 2000 and an increase of 33%.
* In battleground states, turnout was 64.4 percent.
I think that's pretty fantastic. The traditional lower turnout among younger voters leads to a political process that skews toward the demands and point of view of older Americans. Not that that's bad, but it is imbalanced.
The Globe also notes that the Kerry vote (54% vs. 44%) was more anti-Bush than pro-Kerry, so this represents an opportunity to get this age cohort to reject the right-wingers of the GOP consistently, but also challenges the Democrats to put forward candidates and leaders who inspire.
Posted by glyphic at November 18, 2004 01:22 PM