June 2008
More than 6.5 million young people under the age of 30 participated in the 2008 primaries and caucuses. This marks a dramatic increase in youth voter turnout over the last comparable election cycle in 2000. In states where data is available for both the 2008 and 2000 primaries, the national youth turnout rate rose from nine percent in the 2000 primaries to 17 percent in the 2008 primaries.
For statistics on the whole primary season:
For primary results by state:
- Super Tuesday combined (with youth voter information from all Super Tuesday states)
- Alabama (no clear comparison year)
- Arizona (no clear comparison year- updated estimate)
- Arkansas (no clear comparison year-updated estimate)
- California (youth turnout up from 13% to 19%-updated estimate)
- Connecticut (youth turnout up from 7% to 12%)
- Florida (youth turnout triples)
- Georgia (youth turnout triples)
- Indiana (no clear comparison)
- Iowa (youth turnout triples)
- Kentucky (no clear comparison)
- Louisiana (youth turnout doubles)
- Maryland (youth turnout up from 11% to 15%)
- Massachusetts (youth turnout doubles)
- Michigan (no clear comparison)
- Missouri (youth turnout triples)
- Mississipi (youth turnout triples)
- Nevada press release (no clear comparison)
- New Hampshire (youth turnout rises sharply)
- New Jersey (no clear comparison year)
- New York (youth turnout steady while overall turnout falls)
- North Carolina (no clear comparison)
- Ohio (youth turnout rises sharply)
- Oklahoma (youth turnout triples)
- Oregon (no clear comparison)
- Pennsylvania (no clear comparison year)
- South Carolina (no clear comparison)
- Tennessee (youth turnout quadruples)
- Texas (youth turnout nearly triples)
- Utah (no clear comparison year)
- Virginia (no clear comparison year)
- West Virginia (no clear comparison year)
- Wisconsin (no clear comparison year)
Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement
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I have thought youth in america voted for Mr. Obama.
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I think the youth of North America are more political than people give them credit for.
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I wonder what the numbers will be for 2010.
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Well..this marks a dramatic increase in youth voter turnout over the last comparable election cycle in 2000. In states where data is available for both the 2008 and 2000 primaries, the national youth turnout rate rose from nine percent in the 2000 primaries to 17 percent in the 2008 primaries.
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This is very good as more young voters turned out. I think it’s because of media exposure such as the Internet.
This marks a dramatic increase in youth voter turnout over the last comparable election cycle in 2000.
The big question is whether the results for the 2008 is just a special occurrence or whether there is really a solid trend in higher participation of youths in the primaries. Perhaps the internet also plays an important role here, for getting young people to turn out at primaries in greater numbers. If this is indeed so, then we can expect even more young people in the primaries in the future.
Thanks for the breakdown of youth voters. I been looking for that information.