Young voters moving away from Bush

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Are local 18-30 year-old voters following the national trend toward Kerry?

Published Thursday, August 19, 2004
by Paige Stein
http://www.bocanews.com/index.php?src=news&prid=9301&category=Local%20News&PHPSESSID=a352b86a2ffb772f3fd1d3d96abe871b

Recent polls indicate that 18 to 30-year-old voters favor the Democratic ticket almost 2 to 1, according to an ABC news poll.

If young people voted in the same numbers as older Americans, John Kerry might be smiling all the way to the White House. Recent polls indicate that 18-30 year-old voters favor the Democratic ticket by fairly wide margins. In a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, Kerry led Bush 2 to 1 among registered voters younger than 30. A poll by the Pew Center for the People & the Press released last week reported that the Kerry-Edwards ticket led the Bush-Cheney ticket by 18 percent among this age group. Among older voters, the race was virtually tied.

These numbers indicate a marked erosion in the support that Bush-Cheney received from younger voters in the 2000 presidential election when network exit polls found that Bush and Democrat Al Gore split the vote of 18-to-29-year-olds, with Gore claiming 48 percent and Bush getting 46 percent – the best showing by a Republican presidential candidate in more than a decade. About 1 in 6 voters in 2000 was between 18 and 29 years old.

“We’ve seen a lot of enthusiasm for the Kerry-Edwards ticket,” said Fred Dibean, Vice President of the Young Democrats of Palm Beach County. Dibean says he feels confident that this enthusiasm will translate into votes in November. “I think young people are concerned about a lot of the same issues that everybody else is – jobs, the economy, health care, the war in Iraq.”

[salinen]

1. There is nothing in the universe more uncool than

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[michigandem2]

2. I'm still considered a young voter?

I turned 30 in June...and yes I am voting for kerry...never voted for a republican in my LIFE though...not that there is anything wrong with that..LOL!

[aden_nak]

3. I can't figure out why draft-age males wouldn't want to vote for Bush. . .

[jgardner]

4. I was taking the highway home last week,

and this little blonde girl blew past me. Her license plate said "Lindsey 80" or something similar. After the initial horror of realizing that someone born in 1980 is now 24 years old, I also noticed a Bush/Cheney sticker in her window. I couldn't help thinking that she's probably only voting Rebublican because her parents are, and she's too young to think for herself or question anything (or obey speed limits). That's what really pisses me off: when someone doesn't even bother to form their OWN opinion. Grrr...