Youth voter turnout this election slightly increased over the last mid-term election in 2010
"Preliminary exit polls suggested 18- to 29-year-olds made up 13% of the nation’s midterm electorate. ....In 2010, the 18-to-29 slice of the voter pie was 12%."
"The youth slice of the electorate has remained stuck at the 12 or 13% in all of the past six midterms, other than 2002, when it dipped even lower to 11%."
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/05/midterms-youth-vote-drops-republicans-democrats
Another article that discusses how the youth just aren't interested in mid-term elections:
"The lowest interest level in a midterm election came in 2000, when, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, the voter turnout among 18-to-29 year old was 40%. But the truth of the matter is, young voters have never turned out for midterms in impressive numbers."
" Chris Schoonover @schoon54
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Apparently there's some type of election coming up and our government professor is mad we didn't know about it.
1:24 PM - 24 Oct 2014"
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/history-shows-young-voters-dont-and-wont-turn-out-for-midterms-2014-10-24
Edit: As far back as I can remember, people complained about how the young didn't come out to vote. This mid-term isn't any different in that regard then to so many others.
