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Originally Posted by baddog
 Yeah, that demographic just floods the polling places.
I have a question for whomever wants to answer: what percentage of registered voters do you anticipate showing up to actually vote? |
It was 64% in 2004 and 60% in 2000. I think it will get close to 70% this year. The competitive primaries on both ends registered a ton of new voters. The primaries saw huge turnouts and I think a lot of people feel vested in the election.
And I think 18-24 will be surprising. It was up over 50% in the primaries, and Obama has some crazy get out the vote operations. It puts Kerry and Gore to shame. If the general election is up as much as the primary was, it puts 18-24 year olds in line with the national average.
Then again, if the polls keep going the way they're going, there may be more people on both sides just staying home this year.