by Mike Connery, Sat Nov 08, 2008 at 11:58:35 AM EST

CIRCLE has updated their youth turnout numbers.  You’ll remember that these estimates are based on exit polls and the overall vote count.  As absentee and early voting ballots get counted, the totals rise, changing the turnout numbers.  CIRCLE now estimates that:

23 million young voters cast [...]

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Railing against expectations, young people voted in record numbers—and it’s just the beginning.
By Tim Fernholz
November 5, 2008
In the months leading up to last night’s historic election, one question cropped up: Do progressive causes and candidates depend on young people too much? Do youth voters actually understand the issues that are at stake? Will they turn [...]

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