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Youth Vote up 4.9 Million: Check out Our Map
November 6, 2004 |
If you heard from the news media that the youth didn't show up this year, it's bull. Even though the youth vote was the same 17% of the vote as in 2004, the actual # of youth voters was 4.6 million more! And we were also the only age group that voted for Kerry (54% - 44%). We were also especially active in battleground states, with 64.4 percent of eligible voters going to the polls.
As Josh Koenig from Music for America wrote in his post The Future is Ours: "Our generation did it's part and then some, and most of us will stick with it. Our choice was Kerry by a landslide." Check out the great full graphic of what the Red/Blue Country looks like if the election were up to people ages 18-29.
After being depressed for a few days, I'm starting to get my energy back. Even though we're in for another 4 years of the Bush Administration and a Republican Congress, our generation knows that we're alive for a historical revolutionary time, and we will continue to build beyond our fears for the next phase of free culture, a just and sustainable economy, and a progressive majority in our lifetime.
Posted by Colin at November 6, 2004 11:19 PM
