CNN just reported that young voters are in fact showing up - perhaps 25% of all caucus-goers, which would be a higher share of the electorate than young people actually comprise (22% of the population).
That would be huge - better than expectations - and if true would probably put to rest a lot of my fears about the media disparaging youth turnout (regardless of whether or not Obama actually pulls out a win).
Update [2008-1-3 21:9:34 by Jonathan Singer]: From MSNBC reading the entrance polls, 57 percent of Obama's support comes from 17-29 year olds. Yeah. Wow is right.
Update [2008-1-3 21:44:21 by Jonathan Singer]: From CNN, young people’s turnout was 25%, which means they out performed their share of the population, which is 22%.
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