15
Feb
Will youth voter turnout drop in 2012?
“For many, the 2008 election wasn’t just a victory for Democrats—it was also the long-awaited return of young adults to the voting booth. Now Obama supporters are hoping that, come Election Day 2012, young adults will once again turn out in droves. But 2008 probably didn’t signal a permanent resurgence of the youth vote. In fact, there are good reasons to believe that young people will vote in significantly lower numbers this time around.”
—Cheryl Russell, “The Surprising Trends That Suggest Young People Won’t Vote in 2012”
