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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
OK, seriously listen. I just looked up the statistics and this is being blown way out of proportion. Persons aged 18-25 were approximately 30 million in 2003. In the 2000 US census, the population aged 25 and over was 175 million. Guess what percentage that makes persons aged 18-25 of the entire population....yup, you guessed it! About 17% I just want to make this very clear: young people voted in this election in nearly perfect proportion to their share of the voting populace. So tell the media and MTV to stop spinning this and making young people feel guilty. I'm quite happy with the turnout. Young people get far less respect than they deserve.
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You're right, voters 18-25 INCREASED from 2000 from 18 million to 21 million. This increase was across the board though so they remained a constant 17% of the electorate. The youth did support Kerry with 65% of their vote so I don't see them as being to "blame."