New Poll: 61% of Youth Vote Projected to go to Barack Obama

[JonLP24]

Source: Cleveland Ledger

MTV and USA Today conducted a survey the 17th and the 22nd of September which found that 61% of voters 18-29 plan on voting for the Barack Obama-Joe Biden ticket in the Presidential election next month. 903 people participated in the survey and it showed that 75% of respondents were registered to vote.

Here are among the more interesting results of the poll:

82 percent agree that this election is among the most critical in recent history.

32% said that Sarah Palin was not qualified for the job as Commander and Chief

25% of young people said that the economy was the number 1 issue that they were voting for this year.

More respondents in the poll said they would like a peek at John McCain's personal diary than Obama's.

74% of the voting block said that they know someone serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.



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[EmilyAnne]

1. So, only 14% of potential voters in this survey will go to McCain or a third party candidate?

Not bad. Not bad at all. Sad is the 7% who believe that this is one of most critical elections in recent history, yet are not registered to vote. Hope they took the time to do so after this survey.

[Hubert Flottz]

2. The other 39% is the Bushler-Jugend or the BJ...

Rush Bimbo is their American Idol.

[Indenturedebtor]

3. Right on! Millenials are supposed to be the most liberal generation

in American history. We've grown up watching the world fall apart because of these stupid Republican and DLC politics. Get outta the way we're comin! :woohoo:

[nyy1998]

4. Hell Yes!!!

To quote McLame: Change is Definitely coming