Less than 10% of total voter turnout were voters in the 18 to 24 age category

[97Lude]

Vote or Die! Choose or Lose!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...type=printable

This was not the breakout year for young voters that some had anticipated. Fewer than one in 10 voters Tuesday were 18 to 24, about the same proportion of the electorate as in 2000, exit polls indicated. Still, with voter turnout expected to be higher overall, more young people appeared to have come out. A vigorous push on college campuses by both parties and national mobilization drives had raised expectations that 2004 would be the year of the youth vote.

[aero]

I voted.. even though i didnt really feel like it.

[xScott]

Fuck yeah, I voted. Im only 21. First time I have too, last election I was only 17. It made me realize that, it means something. Alot of countries dont even have elections. People died so that I can vote, and I dont want to disrespect that by not taking advantage of that.

This is directed towards, well, pretty much everybody else. I live in SD, and as people know, the Senate Minority Leader was from SD too. What is the media saying about him (Tom Daschel) not getting re-elected?

This acutally sucks, SD has very little infulunce in national politics, now we dont have any. I can understand people saying that he has forgotten about the people back here, but at the same time, if anybody tries to tell me that he hasnt pulled favors for the state using his positition, their full of shit.

[icedplaya123]

Alot of young people didnt vote because one they were too lazy to register, and 2 because they were away at school and didnt fill out an absentee ballot or just didnt feel like driving hours to go into their district. Well another 4 more years of shit

[Nycxeracer]

Originally posted by icedplaya123
[BWell another 4 more years of shit [/B]

give him a chance meng. He's got four years to earn everyone's support. If he does something 100% of the country disagrees with, than I can see calling him "shit".

[wed3k]

haha, at SJSU we have 30,000 students and only 830 of them voted.

but in CA no one needs to vote and we still get kerry.

[mayberry]

im only 17 this election and it really bothered me. i really wish i could have voted. im not a patriotic person by any means but somebody told me once, if you dont vote, dont bitch. and it stuck with me......

[icedplaya123]

Originally posted by Nycxeracer
give him a chance meng. He's got four years to earn everyone's support. If he does something 100% of the country disagrees with, than I can see calling him "shit".

Well we have no choice now, but i havent been impressed by his performance. He's just a puppet everythings soo staged with him.

[wed3k]

i think cheney is the brains of this whole thing.

[accordtunerx]

Originally posted by icedplaya123
because they were away at school and didnt fill out an absentee ballot or just didnt feel like driving hours to go into their district.