Battle for Florida: Blacks turn out in droves, but few young people have voted

[FVZA_Colonel]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/orl-earlyvote3008oct30,0,5283353.story


Battle for Florida: Blacks turn out in droves, but few young people have voted
Aaron Deslatte and Vicki McClure | Sentinel Staff Writers

Less than a week from a potentially landmark presidential election, black voters in Florida are turning out in huge numbers to vote early, according to an Orlando Sentinel analysis.

So are people 55 and older. And Democrats.

But voters younger than 35 -- especially the college-age group that has drawn so much attention from Democrat Barack Obama's campaign -- are doing what they have largely done in elections past: staying home.

A Sentinel analysis of the record 1.4 million ballots cast during the first nine days of early voting compared the age, race and party affiliation of those who voted early against a list of Florida's 11.2 million registered voters. It showed:
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I am curious, how does this compare for youth early-voting elsewhere across the country?

[Connie_Corleone]

1. Generally, young people wait until the last minute to vote.

[FVZA_Colonel]

3. That's what I assumed.

[Virginia Dare]

4. They don't know about the long lines and clusterfucks..

generally encountered in presidential election years. They'll learn.

[maxsolomon]

8. Generally, young people wait till the last minute to do ANYTHING

and when they wait too long, it's your fault because you didn't remind them!

yes i have kids in college - how did you know?

[Joe Chi Minh]

I suspect it's the noise machine, preparing the way... for more fraud.

What is the political leaning of the Orlando sentinel?

[onehandle]

2. Surprise, surprise.

I knew it.

[barack the house]

5. Let's be fair it is a retirement state though.

[Joe Chi Minh]

6. Imagine. This old gentleman is campaigning for the office of President of the

United States, and they can't even organise a small political rally without a major gaffe. I mean, I don't know what else he could have done, but in his last desperate gambit, calling out, "Well, all of you stand up! We're all Joe Plumbers now!", he looked so like Bart Simpson's long-lost twin, separated at birth....

[sarahdemva]

7. IM 24 and i will vote. people who dont are stupid and lazy