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By Ben Goddard
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Posted: 05/14/08 05:22 PM [ET] |
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My generation was the one that was supposed to change politics. We would end the war, sweep the old guard from power and bring peace to the world. Instead, we got Richard Nixon, disco and a declining youth vote throughout the ’70s and ’80s. Well, the youth-quake may finally be happening this year. Younger voters, those aged 18 to 29, have increased their participation in the Democratic primaries by 88 percent. That is an astonishing number coming on the heels of increases of youthful voters in 2004 and 2006. Young Republicans are also turning out in higher numbers, but the increase is only a fraction of that which is apparent among Democrats. |
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Ben Goddard 
