It's going to be interesting to see how the campaigns approach different demographic groups during the coming presidential election, particularly from an age standpoint.
I find it difficult to believe that the Colorado youth vote would trend Rodney, except among die-hard Young Republicans. A greater risk for the Obama team is apathy and/or disillusionment that the Man on the White Horse didn't come in and Make It All Better. Which is silly on one level (many of the shortfalls between Obama 2008 rhetoric and reality were much more the fault of the GOP and the economy than the White House) and not so silly on another (Obama has simply not led as a Progressive force, whatever the obstacles to the results).
So I see it not so much as Obama's team trying to compete against Romney with the youth vote, as Obama's team trying to get younger voters to vote at all. And for that they'll need some rational and emotional drivers (of which there should be plenty, but they need to be articulated well and often). #ddtb
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One State Where The Youth Vote Really Does Matter: Colorado
Voters under the age of 30 comprised 18 percent of Colorado’s turnout in 2008, outnumbering voters over the age of 65, and that injection of youth helped hand President Barack Obama a comfortable nine…