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Youth voter turnout in 2012 bodes ill for midterms and 2016

Youth voter turnout in 2012 bodes ill for midterms and 2016

by Ellen Garrison | Mar 18, 2014 | Politics

WASHINGTON – In 2012, young American voters propelled President Barack Obama to victory in at least five key states. Obama won voters aged 18 to 29 in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nevada, Virginia and Florida, but he lost in those same states among voters above the age of 45....

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