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Young Voters Like Obama, Hillary: Poll
A majority of voters between 17 and 29 years old - percent - intend to vote for a Democrat for president in 2008, with 18 percent "enthusiastic" about Barack Obama, and 17 percent feeling the same about Hillary Clinton, according to a new CBS/MTV/New York Times poll.
Those numbers are not surprising, considering that 62 percent responded that they would support universal, government-sponsored national health care, 44 percent support same-sex marriage, and that those surveyed overwhelmingly are OK with a presidential candidate who has smoked pot, reports the Times.
By contrast, young voters aren't feeling the love for Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson, who were each favored by less than five percent of youths. CBS News reports that, in fact, GOP primary voters were more enthusiastic about Obama (8 percent) than Thompson or even Sen. John McCain.
Still, not everyone loves the Democratic front-runners - "43 percent of respondents said they held an unfavorable view of Hillary," writes the Times, and "19 percent said they had an unfavorable view of Mr. Obama."
Six out of young voters told pollsters they are paying attention to campaign goings on, and what they care most about are the economy (23 percent) and Iraq (20 percent) - with 51 percent feeling that the U.S. will probably succeed in Iraq.
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Even so, a whopping 66 percent of young voters want the candidates to pay more attention to issues that concern 17 to 29-year-olds the most, like student loans, health care and reducing our use of oil.
Seven out of 10 responded that they feel America is on the wrong track, and almost half fear their generation will be worse off than their parents'.
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