Will the youth vote show up this election?

[onehandle]

Poll question: Will the youth vote show up this election?

[Ava]

1. I just did

I'm 18 :hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. *high five*

[Ava]

13. *fist bump*

;)

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Your friends all gone to the polls yet too? :^)

[Ava]

19. i don't want most of them too

they're mccain supporters >_<

this is alabama :(

two of my friends are obama supporters, and i already called them to make sure they went to vote ;)

[JuniperLea]

18. Yay!

Your first? For Obama, I assume:)

:rofl:

[Ava]

20. my first time was with barack obama

wait, wait.. you know what i mean :rofl:

[JuniperLea]

22. You never forget your first!

:rofl:

Broke the ol' voter cherry, did we?

:rofl:

[Ava]

24. lol, indeed

i'll never forget it! :woohoo:

[City Lights]

32. You rock, Ava!

:thumbsup:

[Ava]

33. just doin' my civic duty!

:woohoo:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I think big time.

[Lucky 13]

4. I'm on a college campus and the atmosphere is electric.

Lots of Obama T-Shirts, buttons on backpacks, signs at the student union.

People are EXCITED. The youth will show up today and silence the doubters.

[Mz Pip]

5. I sure hope so

They have an awful lot riding on this election. This is not the one to be passive about. It's their country and the future of this country in in their hands.

[FVZA_Colonel]

6. Well, I voted by absentee.

I'm 21, still a "youth voter."

[Citizen Jane]

7. As overheard just now outside my ofice

College Student #1: Did you vote yet, man?
#2 Not yet, did you?
#1 Yeah, I voted absentee
#2 Note me, I reregistered down here so I need to get in line!

[GetTheRightVote]

8. but never forget that in the back of their minds are the words of the previous generation

which always encouraged them to do so....

:kick:

[Whalestoe]

9. I did!

I'm 19!

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

10. I saw them with my own eyes today like I've never seen before.

I was talking about this to my husband a few days ago ans was remembering 4 years ago how much play was given to the youth vote - Vote or Die, etc. and how it wasn't as big a deal as people hoped. But then I thought, well once again, people were just given the same choice of which older white guy to vote for and if someone has been apolitical up to that point, it probably doesn't generate the excitement one would wish for.

BUT THIS TIME, this vote is historic and seismic in ways that are indescribable and I think that younger people feel that they do have it in their power to change the world and our nation in a meaningful and positive manner.

All of a sudden, it's that sixties vibe again of real hope and optimism. "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" was NOT a cynical ad, it was how people actually felt back then. And today.

[TimeChaser]

11. We already did.

Early voting here has been CRAZY

[high density]

12. They came out big time in 2004

I don't see why this year would be any different.

[EFerrari]

23. Yes, they did!

[rucky]

14. 50/50 in my circle.

Two committed votes. One's not voting because she's pissed at her sister (!), one did this morning.

[ObamaKerryDem]

16. I'm 22 and I already did! :D And I know the Early Voting here at the U of A was MASSIVE! :D

[Political Heretic]

17. Yes they will, but the reality of their turnout will be diminished by the major media

[Irishonly]

21. My daughter just did

[suston96]

25. Will they show? Yes, they are........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whc4OmprF2s&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/04/over-1000-students-lined_n_140859.html

[Blondiegrrl]

26. Somewhat: I think they'll turn out better than they did for Kerry but

they still will underperform expectations.

I would love to be wrong, however. If I am, I will happily apologize.

[bdamomma]

27. all those young people out there

please do let them intimidate you at the polls and if they say you cannot vote. call someone or call this number 1 877 874 6226.

[stevietheman]

28. They _are_ showing up! I saw a lot of young people today, and I've _never_ seen that before. n/t

n/t

[depakid]

29. That will be an interesting set of stats

If not this year, probably never.

[a la izquierda]

30. My husband is in Norman, OK home of the University

of Oklahoma. He said early voting lines the past few days have been wrapped around the block. Mostly young kids.

[grandpappy]

31. In state college

PA home of Penn State there has been reports of lines of up to a 1000 students waiting to vote.