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Young voters significantly helped Barack Obama win the race to the White House.
Two-thirds of voters ages 18 to 29 voted for Obama on November 4. Experts estimate the between 22 and 24 million young people voted in this election, an increase of at least 2 million from the 2004 race.
The youth vote represented 18% of voters this election, more than people over 65. Young voters helped Obama win in several battleground states. "Any state where it was close, you could attribute a lot of importance to the youth ...