Report: Roughly half of the 2008, first-time youth vote now unsure of registration status
Nearly half of the young voters who in 2008 registered and cast their first presidential ballot may have not updated their voter registration, according to a new survey, a situation that could most impact President Obama considering that voting bloc helped him to victory four years ago.
The finding by the non-partisan group HeadCount found that seven out of 10 young voters changed residence in the past four years, and 43 percent of those potential voters have yet to update their voter registration.
The so-called “youth vote” is the estimated 15.5 million U.S. citizens who are 18 to 24 years old, according to the Census Bureau. Roughly 49 percent of them voted in 2008, compared with 47 percent in 2004 and an historical rate of about 40 percent.
Obama won roughly 66 percent of the youth vote in 2008 in his successful race against Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
More than half of those who participated in the HeadCount survey said they were either not confident or unsure about whether they were registered to vote at their current address.
"A lot of people just don't remember to update their voter registration when they change their address," said Andy Bernstein, HeadCount's executive director. "When you move, you have a lot of things to think about. Updating your voter registration doesn't always make it to the top of the list."...
I was 18 once and voted for Edwin Edwards. I was young and stupid but at least the damage was limited to one state, not the nation and world (literally).
Hopefully this keeps these YAS (Young And Stupid) people from justing walking in with no thought and voting to destroy their own futures.
And it's tragic I have to hope for people to not vote. Then again if I can stop the November 6th Election-Resurection that would be nice.
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