Go Vote!!!

[Mango]

[Wheelman]

Voted for myself.

Sweet I voted for you too, you might sweep this thing. No....no I didn't, but I did vote today

Hey phil, You got a sticker? wtf I didn't get a sticker

on a side note:Will, do you ever check your damn PM's

[Will Wood]

Yea, I replied. You didn't. If its about the hosting.. email [email protected]
if its about the barrel... what one was it again?

[cphilip]

Ok well this bit of news is rather disappointing to me. The big turn out in young voters that was much hyped and expected.... didn't happen. 17% of the voters Nationwide were 18 - 29. Thats exactly the same percentage as the last National election. No change. And the lowest group of all the brackets.

Sounds like a lot of you youngsters like to gripe and moan but don't do anything about it. thats not aimed at you 17% that did vote. More power to you. But your friends and fellow young people are not doing your civic duty. That needs to change.

[fire1811]

Sounds like a lot of you youngsters like to gripe and moan but don't do anything about it. thats not aimed at you 17% that did vote. More power to you. But your friends and fellow young people are not doing your civic duty. That needs to change.

i think you hit the nail on the head right there.

[BobTheCow]

Ok well this bit of news is rather disappointing to me. The big turn out in young voters that was much hyped and expected.... didn't happen. 17% of the voters Nationwide were 18 - 29. Thats exactly the same percentage as the last National election. No change. And the lowest group of all the brackets.

Sounds like a lot of you youngsters like to gripe and moan but don't do anything about it. thats not aimed at you 17% that did vote. More power to you. But your friends and fellow young people are not doing your civic duty. That needs to change.

Are you sure you stated that correctly? If 17% of all the votes nationwide were us young'ns, that could just mean that more of EVERYBODY voted. If more teens voted, and more seniors also voted, than the percentages would all look the same. The real number I'd like to see is the number (and/or percentage of all) of 18-29 year olds who A) registered, and B) voted, as opposed to those statistics from 2000.

Or else it's much too early, and I misunderstood what you just said... do'h!!

[fire1811]

i just watched it on nbc they said the same 17% same in 2004 as in 2000

[BobTheCow]

i just watched it on nbc they said the same 17% same in 2004 as in 2000

But that number means that 17% of all the voters were in that young category, NOT that only 17% of everybody in that age category voted... right? I'm just not impressed with that statistic, I'd like to see numbers isolating the age bracket.

[PyRo]

Sounds like a lot of you youngsters like to gripe and moan but don't do anything about it. thats not aimed at you 17% that did vote. More power to you. But your friends and fellow young people are not doing your civic duty. That needs to change.

Hey I voted, not that it matters Kerry took my state 65% to 35% or somthing insane like that

[Python14]

I voted and bush took my state 55/45 ....13 EC Votes for Bush

[Kevmaster]

I was allowed to register on the spot at my campus.

thats against the law in most states. most places require youto have registered at least 30 days proior to the election

Let's say I registed and voted in my hometown. Then I came here saying I havn't registered yet, and did this.

at present, other than the fact that it is a federal felony to do so, whats to stop you from sending in five or ten registrations

REPORTEDLY, in PA, thats what the Dems had people do. No facts, just accusations from the right, but it seems it may have happened in PA and OH

[Wheelman]

in Maine you can register right up until the last minute (being handed a ballot) but you do have to show proof of residency

[cphilip]

But that number means that 17% of all the voters were in that young category, NOT that only 17% of everybody in that age category voted... right? I'm just not impressed with that statistic, I'd like to see numbers isolating the age bracket.

Not certain how to interpret it without some more actual numbers that I have not seen yet. But some assumption numbers are being thrown around. Those include a conclusion that all areas that voted went up about the same. Meaning at least young voters kept pace. With the older counterparts at least. But no whopping gain that was expected. In other words... some indications were that the voter registration of young voters before the election was WAY higher than any other group. But yet only enough of those voted to keep pace. Not increase the percentage. Meaning a lot of them registered but did not vote. At least thats the impression at this point. Have to wait and see if that is proven out....


I found this tidbit: In 2000, only 46 percent of registered 18-to29-year-olds actually voted. That's 26 percent below the figure for those over the age of 30. Turnout by the youngest voting cohort has generally lagged 20 to 25 percent behind older voters.

Seems this general lag happened again. In spite of eveyone assuming they would come closer to the age 30+ percentage that actualy voted they did not gain any ground at all.

[BlackVCG]

I guess Puffy just didn't get through to the kids...

[1stdeadeye]

Vote early, and vote often.

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