Youth Turnout Up 109% This Cycle

Rock the Vote has updated their 2008 youth turnout fact sheet (PDF). It's got a very handy chart measuring Republican and Democratic youth turnout this year, and measuring that turnout over previous cycles.

There are two big takeaways from the data:

• Youth turnout is up 109% over the previous cycle.
• Young voters are increasing their turnout, measured as their "share of the electorate," at greater rates than every other age demographic.

The fact sheet also has this great visual comparing Republican and Democratic youth turnout to each other and to the previous comparable presidential cycle.