The Youth Don't Vote... it is that simple.

The youth love their messiah!

Too bad they don't vote.

As a result, 18- to 29-year-olds now constitute 12% of Gallup's traditional likely voter sample, basically the same as the estimate in the final 2004 pre-election poll (13%). Gallup's expanded likely voter model, which defines likely voters differently (on the basis of current voting intentions only), estimates a slightly higher proportion of young voters in the electorate (14%).

Oh well, at least he can count on African Americans to vote on race alone.

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