New & Young voters still only 17% of the total vote

[hottytoddy]

Polls show that in this election the percentage of young voters(18-25) didn't change. Every time it is always expected to be higher because there are efforts made to get young people out there to vote. But while the total number of young voters that showed up was higher...so was the total number of all other voters. So this means that young/first time voters still only occupy 17% of the total vote.

So can anyone think of something that could get more young people involved?

MTV and big time celebrities obviously aren't the key. But hey, I appluad their efforts.

Perhaps if the candidates spent more time and effort addressing the issues that are important to young people---maybe that could help. But then that's a gamble. If you spend too much time, effort, and money on young voters and they still don't show up...then you've just wasted time effort and money.

Most people think that young voters lean more toward the democratic side...and that may be true. But do they actually go to the polls?