I AM SO PROUD OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ! THEY HAVE SPOKEN AND BEEN HEARD, i AM EXTREMELY proud OF MY DAUGHTER 22 and MY NEPHEW 20, I AM PROUD OF MY FRIENDS DAUGHTER ALSO 22 AND HER SON 18, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WENT OUT AND MADE A DIFFERENCE AND NOW THEY KNOW ITS NOTHING, NOTHING ! THEY CANT DO ! GOD BLESS OBAMA AND HIS FAMILY ! GOD BLESS AMERICA !

ONE BY ONE BY THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN !

And so we've reached the begining of the end. First his bigger government will have our medical records, then our financial records will be shared, then comes a paperless monitary system and then yopur government will be forcing you how to think, Otherwise your credit will mbe gone, you can't buy food, anyone who helps you has the same happen to them and you'll have a chip inserted in your forehead (the mark of the beast) to track your movements. Don't blame me. I didn't do it. Did you?

they did it. As a middle age American this is the best thing that came out of this election.

Myself my wife and many of our friends and family are white over fifty not collage educated and we voted for Obama because he is the best person for the job and if as I have heard you atribut his win to collage educated whites you will be saddly mistaken and continue a steriotype of white racism .

We'll have to re-evaluate the role of Generation X and millenials- our youth. I am so proud!

How powerful…

The FIRST conversation I had with family and friends after the contest was called was

1. We as African Americans have a lot of work to do to take care of community and family,
2. The government can't do this on its own
3. We are ready to work
4. The overwhelming support of diverse communities

in between tears, I can't stop thanking ALL of America. The message based on this election in this is more than I can take in right now…

Thank you, thank you, thank you

Unfortunately younger voters also vote for hype instead of substance and with the far left media and educational institutions, I don't see this sad fact changing any time soon!

THANK YOU AMERICA

Now I totally understand Michelles Obamas comments a few months ago,
Last night I was never more proud of my country and its citizens as I was watching Senator Obama become our next PRESIDENT … We have come a long way, and I am proud of everyone, and so proud to be an American, for the past 8 years the Bush Administration has made me ashamed of our leaders… We still have a ways to go, but everyone in the WORLD could see our progress last night …..And I am proud to be an American ………….
Thanks so much

This is why in America you should have to wait til your 30 to vote after you've lived a while and had a job and have a clue who you're voting for not just the current fad!

And so they conquered. "The American People have spoken, and they have spoken clearly."
So many dreams have come true, so many people's hope ignited. Its called the power to believe. Thanks to the American people who have chosen hope over fear, reason over scepticism. May Obama's tenure be filled with success and prosperity.
For those of us who have aspirations, we have gained the momentum to believe further in our abilities. Together we can change the world. Thanks to sen. MCcain for accepting graciously.
My only hope is that we here in Africa get something to learn from this great race for humanity. I hope my country Uganda finally gets to embrace change and move away from the NO CHANGE negativity of the status quo.
God Bless the World

WooHoo!!!! Obama had the best campaign in campaign history. McCain is a good guy to be respected, but his campaign in conjunction with the economy didn't help him any.

Yes We Can!!!! The young voters are our future generations. They have come out in droves. They have spoken. And I LOVE what I hear. Change has come to America.

I'm grateful to all OBAMA/BIDEN supporters!!!!

Thanks to all the kids that voted, now make sure you do it every year there's an election ………..
All of Bush's Cabinet members and his croonies belong in TEXAS, all the crooks who almost destoryed our Nation because of their GREED and SPENDING , they can all move to Crawford, Tx…. I pray to GOD that the republicans are NEVER EVER allowed to gain control of anything again other than themselves, our nation couldnt handle any more of the Republican's sex scandals, bribery or their mismanagement of our nations affairs …
Thanks GOODNESS for the Democrats …….

Our only hope now is that GOD will help us, the working people of this nation and the people who have worked 50 plus years and now find that there is no hope left other than GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

Without the young vote Obama wouldn't have won. Did the youth really take a full look at Obama?

VERY MISLEADING and INACCURATE article that mis-cites statistics for the reasons cited by Monique. The article does not indicate the percent of eligible young people who actually voted. It reflects the percent of all voters who are within a certain age range.

Didn't you realize that the baby-boomer generation is the most populous group of voters? THat 29% slice in 1976 was not due to Carter's "get out the youth vote" efforts,but is simply due to the sheer size of the Baby Boomer generation. The Boomers will always constitute the most populous group of voters,so in 8-12 years you can predict a big uptick in the "Senior , 65+" vote.

The McCain camp made a BIG MISTAKE in underestimating the YOUNG VOTERS in this country. They are bright, highly educated and did NOT like the fact that the McCain camp dissed them from day one and counted on their OLDER WHITE VOTER BASE who was NO MATCH for the young voters!! Bottom line.

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE OUR YOUNG AND WELL EDUCATED VOTERS!

I love how people think if you don't vote for Obama, it's childish bigotry.

CONGRATULATIONS TO AMERICA A COUNTRY THAT ALWAYS FIND AND REDEFIND ITSELF AND THIS TIME IN ONE OF THE TOUGHEST MOMENT!

This is a stupid way to read the statistic. What matters is what % of youth voted, not what % of voters were youth.

I guess this is what Bill said, only shorter. Joe Von Kanel: plz fix ur article.

michael moore did say americans are the dumbest people in the world.

I cant believe that we elected a man who:

A) Can't provide papers/documentation to prove he is an American citizen. B) Would not be hired as an FBI,CIA or Secret Service agent because of his background and relationships with known terrorits. C) Voted against making English the official language of the USA and finally D) Has been quoted as saying that he would invite known terrorists and dictators to the WH for a face to face. WHen I say terrorists I mean, Chavez etc…the President of Iran…why oh why would we elect this man? God save and help us all!

Only the old and cranky stood by the cranky and erratic Mccain.
In todays world military war solves nothing. Great care is needed to avoid another cold war ( China or Russia again) or a repeat of the MAD era.
Regards,
Hodgson.

It looks like we have our work cut out for us teaching and training the next generation to discern more accurately what is good. A man showed up and made vague appeals to "change", achieved almost messianic status, and appears to have been elected. Tragic.

66% of the least experienced.

So much for lack of wisdom.

Let's see how they vote after their country is run into the ground by the uber-libs.

Don't forget that this is only exit polling from election day, many many students like myself participated in early voting, and that does not factor into election day exit polls at all, as we can't vote twice.

These stats don't give the whole story. There can be a lot of influences on voter demographics that can move these percenages up and down.

Baby booms? Life expantancy? Can't this scew the percentage? It's possible to see lower participation of young voters, but a higher influence on the vote, or vice versa.

What is the percentage of young people that were voting? Whats the difference between this year and previous elections? Those are the numbers "I" would like to see. Then we can really compare the influence different candidates and events have had on bringing in the youth vote.

I see no real conclusions here. There's not enough real information with these numbers.

I think it's sad when a Man is selected because of the color of his skin over the values that he stands for. I think if he was a white man he would have never gotten the Democratic Nomination

a lovely moment for America,i love it !!!

young voters have spoken

Lots of college kids (like me, at 22) vote absentee because we live away from where we registered to vote in high school. My roommate and I both did this. I don't know if that's accounted for in the exit polling they did, but I would imagine a lot of college students probably voted by mail this year.

Congratulations President OBAMA!! (:-D

Congratulations to the American electorate and a special thank you to all the young voters for rejecting the dangerous GOP politics of warmongering, division and fear! With Obama and Biden, the USA will once again regain its standing in the world and rejoin the international community of nations as a respected partner working earnestly for peace and prosperity. You have chosen wisely.

Wow!

I had become very anti-American over the past decade. I held America responsible for my country being involved in two wars and, more recently, for the serious decline in the value of my investments.

I viewed America as a nation in decline and stuck in the past. Today I was shown that America is far from decline – today I saw a nation grow and evolve like no other on the planet.

I salute you America – every single American can be proud of what you did as a nation today. In fact it makes me proud to be human – this is a victory for the world!!!

Turnout might be the same, however I wonder if this takes into account age demographic changes since 1984 and the turnout of older voters!

The author doesn't appear to have done his statistics work, and as a result this article is potentially misleading. Due to demographic shifts in the last 18 years (i.e. an aging population), the proportion of 18-29 year olds in the general populace may have decreased. As a result, we would expect to see a corresponding decrease in the voter turnout between the ages of 18-29 as a production of POPULATION TRENDS, not VOTING TRENDS. To the author: please do a bit more research. Thanks!

These statistics are meaningless on many levels, primarily because they do not account for demographic changes over time. For example, the children of baby boomers spiked at a certain point, and then leveled off. The only true comparison across different election cycles would be to look at the percentage of 18-29 year olds registered, and the percentage of 18-29 year old registered voters who actually voted. My bet is that 2008 would exceed the presidential elections from the recent past.

But you have to remember that a lot of us young voters are in college or even fighting wars and thus probably voted absentee, so they could not be part of your exit polls. I think Barack Obama definitely turned out more young voters than any other candidate.

America has finally grown up. The majority of Americans have finally gotten past the childish bigotry of the past. I'm extremely moved.

Does this take early voting into account? E

We need some young fresh voices in politics!
It's time they made their stand!!!

The only Major question I have when it comes to what your saying in this brief comment is, What are the actual numbers? The percentages are good, and all but it only tells part of the story. We need to know what the total number of young people in that demographic voted compared to what Clinton was able to pull out in 1992, with out the numbers, the percents only will tell us how people in my generation came out to vote compared to our parents and grand parents.

It's not fair that people under 18 years of age aren't allowed to vote.
There are people in this country that want to put in their opinion, I thought this country was a democracy? Well, it is; just for those over eighteen. Kids are apart of America too and their voice should be heard, loud and clear!

Beautiful America!

Independents and Republicans, welcome to the Big Tent, not just the Democratic Party, but OUR COUNTRY!

While we may not have been the majority everyone expected, I feel we were better represented at the ballot box than we were in the polls. Lots of us (college kids) only have cell phones, and no one called us in the middle of dinner to see who we supported.

Idealism will give way to reality and from the pedestal he will fall. The mythic figure will be just another politician, which he has been from day one.