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Media Got It Wrong: Young Generation Did Vote

Posted by jamie on from the whoops-they-did-it-again dept.

Newsweek has a small story on MSNBC: Not Slackers After All?. It seems the media jumped to conclusions when it said, right after the election, that 18-to-29 year olds didn't turn out in record numbers. In fact, the participation of every age group was up, including young voters, but the youth vote wasn't up any more than other age groups, so the percentage was about the same from the 2000 election. I guess everyone rocked the vote.

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  1. Rock the vote by isorox · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rock the vote
    dont rock the vote baby
    Rock the vote
    dont tip the vote over
    rock the vote!

  2. Can you imagine this horror? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If Kerry had won, P. Diddy may have gotten some credit. P. Fucking Diddy! Might have even shown up on the same stage as the President. As much as I wanted Dubya to lose, this would have been too much to stomach.

  3. Media probably just repeated GOP spin by Cryofan · · Score: 3, Funny

    They are too lazy to actually do any real research, and the GOp probably wanted to dampen any bnadwagon effect, and fed the media that no-youth-vote spin, and the media reported it, like the good little lapdogs they are.....

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  4. Re:Thank God by geminidomino · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't feel bad, Swifti. Remember, you're arguing with the same kind of lackwit who thinks a 2% majority is a "mandate."