Young Dems Crush Young Repubs Turnout in WI
Young people in Wisconsin continue the trend of turning out in large numbers for Democrats.
Young people turning out for Democrats in Wisconsin almost doubled. In 2004, 91,120 young people voted in the Democratic primary compared to 175,841 who voted for Democrats in the 2008 Wisconsin primary.
Young people also increased their share of the Democratic vote from 11% in 2004 to 16% in 2008.
According to CNN exit polls, 70% of young people voted for Obama and 26% vote for Clinton.
Additionally, young Democrats continued their trend of outperforming young Republicans. In fact young Democrats almost quadrupled the young Republicans turnout in Wisconsin with 175,841 young people voting for Democrats and only 44,363 voting for Republicans.
