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The Youth Vote: Kingmakers in the Senate

11/8/06, 4:24 pm EST

I just got this from Rock-the-Vote:

“Young voters increased their turnout over 2002 and favored Democrats by large margins,” said Hans Riemer, Rock the Vote’s political director.  “They played a major role in the Democratic victory.”

A sample of exit polling from close Senate races around the country shows that the youth vote was key to the Democratic victory.

US Senate    18-29 yrs

Democrat    Republican

Virginia            52%    48%
Rhode Island    65%    35%
Pennsylvania    68%    32%
Ohio                57%    43%
Missouri            49%    48%
Montana            56%    44%

Tim Dickinson

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Travis H | 11/8/2006, 10:32 pm EST

Unless you are the child of ridiculously rich owner of a weapons factory built.

How do you go with the Republicans?

Thos numbers should be way over with the Dems

Travice

Travis H | 11/8/2006, 10:34 pm EST

One should not burn doobage and then submit comments. one may mispell words and/or sound foolish

Let Them Eat Cake | 11/9/2006, 12:00 am EST

Thanks Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for helping to ignite the fires of political activism!

“RollingStone” “Rock the Vote” brought Political News, Awareness and Activism to the Front Page! Love ‘Ya…

Duh! | 11/9/2006, 7:56 am EST

The Republican party is in for a rough patch. I can’t see “Generation X” shifting right as they get older the way the hypocrite baby boomers did. I suppose the Republicans have a chance with the teens though, if they can keep the kids off pot.

Singe | 11/9/2006, 7:59 am EST

To Duh!

I agree that the Baby Boomer generation turned out to be a but of conservative hypocrites, but I hope that this election means they are finally taking their thumbs out of their assets.

Mike | 11/9/2006, 9:36 am EST

the kids are alright.

Andy | 11/9/2006, 10:43 am EST

Wow, six states! That really proves…nothing…

C Co... aka I Smell Propaganda | 11/9/2006, 7:04 pm EST

What happened to vote or die? I thought the implications of that were far more interesting.

Burp | 11/9/2006, 7:33 pm EST

Excuse me

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