Generation Gap: Obama wins support from 56% of those 18-34, versus 11% for Hillary, 16% for Edwards

It's refreshing to have a candidate with such great appeal among young people.

If we rope them in now, it could signal a mammoth advantage for Democrats for many years to come.

it was chain lightin'. I feels so good...

Oh, the Register didn't ask. How nice to not include all candidates :eyes:

It isn't just young people propelling this campaign.

Historically, older Americans have always been far more likely to vote than younger Americans....

Problem is, he's not selling a breakfast cereal, a brand of jeans, or ipods. He's actually trying to make headway in that exceptional niche market (politics) where it's actually the old folks (shudder) who matter!

I hope they turn out, but historically (at least since the 1970s) that age group turns out in significantly (10% or more) smaller numbers than other groups.

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:yU1L4R9wxakJ:www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS_Youth_Voting_72-04.pdf+which+age+group+votes+most&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

Thanks, but no thanks. And someone born in 1961 is a baby boomer.

I know that it might especially hurt that many of the students at places like University of Iowa will be home on break instead of in Iowa City where they can participate in the caucuses. It's not like they can send in an "absentee ballot" with this kind of voting. Also, having attended Univ. of Iowa myself, a substantial chunk of the students there are from Chicago (about a third from there and other parts of Illinois as a recall). If most of those students, especially much of the university's African American population are home in Chicago instead of Iowa City, that might reduce some the votes that Obama might get. Many of those going to school there aren't residents either. It would be interesting to see how they polled people of that age to ensure they are local registered voters or would be in town instead of away.

And I as a student went to one of my first voting experiences on campus in the late 70's there in a caucus. Not sure I would have made it had it been scheduled over break instead then. That might reduce the historical numbers that are already fairly low even lower.

2004 was supposed to be the year of the young voter.

They didn't show. American Idol was on.

I fall into this bracket and hope I will have the chance to vote for Obama.