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Hi. My name is Nica Lorber and I work for Music for America. I want to set the record straight. The youth did turn out for this election and should be recognized. The major news networks have been pushing the conventional wisdom that youth turnout did not increase in this most recent election, and that it was no help to progressive candidates or John Kerry. As often happens, the conventional wisdom is wrong. 4.6 million more people under the age of 30 participated in this election as compared to 2000.
Exit polling data and analysis from CIRCLE show that youth turnout was 51 percent overall, the highest since 1972, when 18-year-olds were first allowed to vote.
In the swing states - where the stakes were highest, and where organizations like Music for America were most active - youth turnout was an unprecedented 64 percent.
Young people also broke for Kerry 55-44 percent with an even wider margin in the swing states. The future of politics belongs to our generation, not the moral minority. Bush may be president of the United States, but he's not our leader.
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