Shout-out to my fellow 18-35 year old voters--WE FUCKING ROCKED THE BALLOT BOX!!

[Bicoastal]

From this election onward, the media and the GOP will never, ever, EVER underestimate the youth vote again.
:bounce:

[swishyfeet]

1. Damn kids. Get off my lawn!!

;)

[helderheid]

31. DUZY!!!

[Swamp Rat]

34. LOL!

:rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. A-fucking-men!

:toast:

[YOY]

3. Hate to tell you this but in 2010 I won't be with you.

I'll be in the next age group but still rocking it!!!

[bunnies]

15. Same here. I barely made *this* one.

:hi:

[five_horizons]

17. I turned 36 the day before I voted.

Could I be in this group anyway?
;-)

[bunnies]

21. As long as you made up your mind when you were 35.

You're in! :hi:

[Juche]

39. Same here, kindof

I'm 29, and always thought the youth vote was 18-29. So I'll be 31 come 2010. But I'll still be a progressive.

[Parker CA]

4. Indeed we did!!!

:headbang:

[Barack_America]

5. Indeed we did.

Indeed we did.

:cry: :patriot:

[lapfog_1]

6. Yes, thank you! You did change the world!

from an old former college prof.

[Pyrzqxgl]

7. Us DU Old Farts didn't do to bad either!

[Whalestoe]

8. Fuck yeah GOBAMA!

[liberalmuse]

9. I'm so proud of you young ones today.

We're in good hands. Granted, my daughter had my sister and myself on edge, since she waited until the last minute to turn in her ballot, but she, and the rest of her generation done good.

[TooRaLoo]

10. Hell yeah we did!

Me, my friends, my sis... ROCKED IT in a red state. Oh well, that popular vote looks damn nice, too!

[eleny]

11. I remember a posting from a couple of years ago

It was a young Dem who was talking about my own group - the Boomers. The young DUer was lamenting about how my generation had the 60s with all that meant. They said something like, "What do we have, nothing!".

Well, the younger generations have this victory, this whole new era of our country. It would never have happened without you!

:pals:

[JohnnyRingo]

12. Deja Vu.... I was among the first 18 year olds to vote in the 1972 election

Through the '60s with the war in Viet Nam in full draft mode, the powers-that-be knew not to let anyone under 21 vote for fear of ending that "Great Asian Vacation".

While our collective vote for George McGovern was unsuccessful, the combination of public protest and our voice in the polls was the beginning of the end for their good times.

We thought then Viet Nam could never happen again, but they got smart and the youth became complacent. As bling replaced cause, and designer labels replaced olive drab, the draft went the wayside to be replaced by higher pay and education options after service. The combination of the birth of the Me Generation and the internet kept young ones interested more in social networking than political affairs and voting. That set the stage for the wars we're in now.

Fortunately, the internet proved to be an eventual double edged sword against the administration, and when things finally got bad enough, it provided a portal that proved the equivalent of the old city squares where we met publicly and burned our draft cards.

I'll let you kids off with a warning this time, but I can't be here forever to remind you of the past... don't let it happen again.

[bicentennial_baby]

13. Hell Yes we DID! And, I got at least 7 more of us to vote yesterday too!

All that hounding of my friends paid off! :bounce:

[MadBadger]

14. Among 18-29 year olds, Obama won 66-31

That's amazing considering Kerry won the youth vote by only 9 points.

So some on DU last night seemed to only care about how much of the youth vote came out, not the fact that we were Obama's base.

[AyanEva]

16. Woo!

We Barack'd the vote in PA! :D

[Symarip]

18. It was all me.

I will now allow everyone reading this to shower me with love.

[codjh9]

19. Hey, us older DUers appreciate the hell outta ya'll

[gardenista]

20. You brought it, my friends! And you are not going away!

Thank you for all you did to make this day a reality!

[paparush]

22. Now Get off my LAN!

//grumpy old man of the Information Age :-)
///42 isn't too old, but I can be grumpy

[Vektor]

23. Thank you!

Keep up the great work! :-)

[CADEMOCRAT7]

24. RIGHT ON !!!!!!!!!

Just more hope that our Nation has so much to look forward to with you all in power in the future. A beautiful youth wanting to change the world, wanting to be of service.
RIGHT ON ! THERE IS MUCH HOPE IN THE AIR !!!! I believe in you ! Throughout the campaign, I spoke on your behalf saying "they are a different generation, they are beautiful, they will show up and do the right thing".
I was right to believe in you ! Blessings upon Blessings to you all. You will make this world a better place, you already have with your vote !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ava]

25. hell yes we did! this was my first vote

:woohoo:

[Lochloosa]

26. Ya'll did good.

[Ian_rd]

27. I guess I barely fit in there. I'm still young? Sweet! I mean, uh, Tight!

Or whatever. Hehe.

:beer:

[JVS]

28. pretty good considering how much people were hating on us all year.

[political_Dem]

29. I'm very glad about that. It's our future that is important.

We need responsible leadership.

[Wheezy]

30. way to go, you guys! *applause* Thank you so much for making it happen.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

32. We Noobs pwnd 'em

they gonnaz be callin us haxorz

[321Outright]

36. lawlz

[Ozma]

33. Hat's off ...............to young voters... come back again next year

and the next and the next and always!

[321Outright]

35. i think the repubs have only begun to realize

how much damage theyve done to their party the last 8 years. As one who came of age under bush, voting 1st in '04 for Kerry, it is very hard for me to -ever- see myself voting republican and most of my friends feel the same way. Theyve done so much damage, & have been so divisive, think about it- we are of the age that doesnt or barely remembers reagen and bush1. Our 1sthand impressions of a democratic pres. and republican pres. stem from clinton and bush2. Or between the campaigning of bush/kerry, mccain/obama. Thats what we have to go off of. - and for most young people the politics and policies of bush/mccain are hardly appealing to put it nicely.
The repubs need to remake their party/image if they want to have a chance going forward. The majority of young people wanted obama, or ron paul as the nominees for the parties. I think that speaks volumes about where our heads are.

[southernyankeebelle]

37. Good for you

Lets make sure you all stay engaged. Am 60 yrs old and I voted for Obama. I voted first time for Clinton and every democrat there after.

[AZ Criminal JD]

38. Young voters were the same percent -- 17% as in 2004 and 2000.

[MadBadger]

40. Young voters went to Obama 66-31

Young voters went to Kerry 54-45.

[yeswecanandwedid]

41. I'm 32. I agree, we ROCK!