Estimated 21 Million 18-30 Year Old Americans Cast Votes in 2004 Presidential Election 

MTV's "Choose or Lose 2004" today announced that according to final national exit polls and early vote tallies an estimated 21 million 18-30 year olds voted in the 2004 presidential election according to an analysis provided by CIRCLE Research. The young adult vote in 2004 shows a sharp increase when compared to the nearly 18 million 18-30 year old votes cast in the 2000 presidential election. Key battleground states saw a marked increase in young voter turnout with one out of every five voters in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin under the age of 30.

Youth Turnout Up Sharply in 2004!
Read CIRCLE's Release on Youth Voting in 2004

• 4.6 million more 18-29 year olds voted than in 2000.
• Youth turnout up 9 percentage points.