Breakdown of the super tuesday youth vote

[shane77m]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...snwr201203070307whisper3mar08,0,3090503.story

Biased article or the truth?

 

[SamuraisWisdom]

Not biased at all. It's backed up by hard numbers. Though it must be said that had Ron been able to pull off some early victories his numbers would have been much higher across the board, especially with the youth vote.

 

[JohnM]

Interesting article. Thanks for posting it.

" [Tufts Unversity's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement] estimates that in the states that have tracked youth voters, Mitt Romney has attracted the most support with 201,000 votes. Ron Paul follows closely with 200,000 votes. Rick Santorum has earned 162,000 votes and Newt Gingrich finishes fourth with 87,000 youth votes."

In other words, Ron Paul is not getting the majority of the youth vote, but he is still performing better among the youth (under thirties) than among older people.

The graph on this page is interesting: it indicates (as others on these fora have pointed out) that Dr. Paul was much more successful at getting the youth vote in the early primaries and caucuses than in more recent ones. This may be partly because Dr. Paul was more successful at getting the support of voters of alll ages in those early primaries, but that is not the whole story. Are younger voters more easily discouraged than their elders?

 

[nobody's_hero]

I don't think I've ever rated a thread before, but . . . 5 stars.

 

[Aratus]

coooooooooooooool

 

[shane77m]

I hope the youth come out for RP in Alabama. As a matter of fact I hope everyone does. Seems like liberty and freedom are curse words to a lot of people around here. They might talk about it but the candidates they support prove that their definition of those words are different.

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

We have the youth votes in the bag... it is up to them to go vote. So perhaps we should focus on the other age demographics eh??? We can't just win with only just 1 age demographic.

 

[Diashi]

G'Damn Kids!

Edit: We need to tap into the old crowd. The youth just follow fads, and if we can become a popular campaign all around, enough youth will show up and actually vote, but it's the older audience that needs our attention from here on out.