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:

• Click here to download the press release
• Click here to download the fact sheet

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)