The Overwhelming Youth Support for Obama

On the CDNY blog, we've been talking a lot about Democrats participating in voter registration drive and campus invasions. Well, according to a new poll released on Tuesday by Rock the Vote, our work is starting to pay off.

The poll reveals that young voters overwhelmingly support Senator Barack Obama in the upcoming presidential election.  The poll found that Senator Obama earns the support of 56 percent of 18 – 29 year olds, compared to just 29 percent for Senator McCain.  Furthermore, young voters are overwhelmingly engaged in this election with 87 percent of young voters planning to vote in November, and 57 percent of young voters following the election “extremely or very closely.”   [Rock the Vote, 9/23/08] Moreover, these results show that young voters are trending Democratic.  The poll found that 50 percent of young voters claim to be Democrats, compared to just 29 percent that claim to be Republican.  This margin has increased dramatically from last year when an MTV/ New York Times/CBS Poll found that 35 percent of young voters considered themselves Democrats while just 23 percent considered themselves Republicans. [New York Times, 6/27/07]

But even though these are positive result, there's still work to be done. If you still haven't registered to vote, or have friends that haven't registered yet, New York registrations need to be postmarked by October 10th. So visit (and tell your friends to visit) http://www.voteforchange.com/ . The website will help you register to vote, as well as help you request to vote absentee and find your polling place.
We're also planning to help campaign for Obama in PA October 10-12th. If your a college democrat and would like to go, please fill out the form on our website here, , or shoot us an email at nycollegedems@gmail.com with your name, college, email and phone number.
Getting more young voters registered to vote, and campaigning for Obama where he needs our help is of upmost importance. Young voters are crucial to this election, and we have just a few weeks left to make it all happen. John Farrelly is the New Media Director for CDNY, and is fired up and ready to go.