[Miss Marple]

One surprise this time was the high number of younger voters who turned out. I think it was 10 million more than 2004. Most of those votes are liberal, because they are still in college or just out, or they are in lower-paying jobs where the class warfare spiel gets some traction. They are also easily manipulated by the media (especially Hollywood and music).

[beckysueb]

And the promise of the wage an hour increase. These programs sound good to uninformed voters.

[raybbr]

One surprise this time was the high number of younger voters who turned out. I think it was 10 million more than 2004. Most of those votes are liberal, because they are still in college or just out, or they are in lower-paying jobs where the class warfare spiel gets some traction. They are also easily manipulated by the media (especially Hollywood and music).

How do you blame non-voters for that? (It's rhetorical - not aimed at you)

[McGavin999]

One surprise this time was the high number of younger voters who turned out

A lot of states had minimum wage propositions on the ballot.

[deport]

One surprise this time was the high number of younger voters who turned out. I think it was 10 million more than 2004.

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Curious..... where are you getting that info?...

Exit polling shows the 18-29 yr old group for this election at 12% [60% democrat] where in the 04 presidential race they were at 17% [54% Kerry].... I haven't looked at total participation by numbers for 04-06 but usually an off year is much lower.