’08 Primary: Summary
Youth turnout has been much higher in the 2008 primaries than in recent years. In some states, youth turnout has tripled or quadrupled. More than three million young Americans voted on Super Tuesday. Please see CIRCLE fact sheets on primary results so far:
- “National” results for Super Tuesday (with youth voter information from all Super Tuesday states)
- Alabama (no clear comparison year)
- Arizona (no clear comparison year- updated estimate)
- Arkansas (no clear comparison year-updated estimate)
- California (youth turnout up from 13% to 17%-updated estimate)
- Connecticut (youth turnout up from 7% to 12%)
- Florida (youth turnout triples
- Georgia (youth turnout triples)
- Iowa (youth turnout triples)
- Louisiana (youth turnout doubles)
- Massachusetts (youth turnout doubles)
- Michigan (no clear comparison)
- Missouri (youth turnout triples)
- Nevada press release (no clear comparison)
- New Hampshire (youth turnout rises sharply)
- New Jersey (no clear comparison year)
- New York (youth turnout steady while overall turnout falls)
- Oklahoma (youth turnout triples)
- South Carolina (no clear comparison)
- Tennessee (youth turnout quadruples)
- Utah (no clear comparison year)
Fact sheet on the demographic make-up of young voters in NH, MI, NV, SC & FL, as well as information on young people’s top issues and vote choices. Voter turnout data is also presented (see Table below)
Fact sheets on upcoming primary or caucus states (updated February 12–includes WI and TX):
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas (new)
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin (new)
