Experts Predict Big U.S. Turnout of Young Voters
392 views · Published 20 October 2008 · 2:41 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · News & Politics
Political experts are predicting a record turnout of young voters in the November 4th U.S. presidential election. Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have made major efforts to reach the more than forty million Americans between the ages of eighteen and thirty. Only about 20 million voted in 2004, when the youth vote was largely ignored. VOA's Ravi Khanna spoke to officials of both parties and to students about the get-out-the-vote drive.
