Millennials don't suck at voting [View all]
Turnout among 18-29 year olds was 50 percent in 2016. That's not terrible, historically speaking.
The first election 18-year-olds could vote, participation in that group was 58 percent (1972), which remains the all-time high.
2000 was the low point at 40 percent. Obama 08 pushed the number up to 52 percent and it went down to 49 percent in 2012. Of course, those are presidential year numbers.
60 percent of them (18-29) voted for Obama in 2012 and 55 percent went for HRC. In 2000, Gore and and Bush tied among 18-24 year-olds at 47 percent. Our buddy Ralph Nader got 5 percent.
Anyway, the kids are alright. I've got a couple of them myself. They vote. They march. They volunteer. One of them does complain about her tax bite though...Can't take these kids for granted.
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