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Article: Election day brings out youth involvement.
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- Nation's Cities Weekly
- Article date:
- November 22, 2004
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Twenty million youth aged 18 to 29 voted in this year's presidential election.
The turnout rate rose from about 42 percent to 52 percent, according to figures from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
"This is phenomenal," said CIRCLE Director William A. Galston. "It represents the highest youth turnout in more than a decade."
In the 10 battleground states, youth voter turnout was 64 percent, increasing 13 percent from the 2000 election.
Many election analysts credit the increased youth vote to various campaigns by youth and youth advocates to get young people revolved in the political ...