Primary Day in Wisconsin (Updated)

Bumped - Looks like Obama took both Wisconsin and Hawaii, as expected. According to CNN exit polling, youth share of the electorate in Wisconsin increased to 16%, and early exit polling data shows Obama dominating Clinton 3 - 1 among 18 - 29 year olds. We'll see how that adjusts in the next few hours. There are no exit polls for Hawaii at this time (time difference, maybe?). I'll have a more full analysis tomorrow after CIRCLE crunches the data on youth turnout.
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Both Hawaii and Wisconsin cast their ballots for the Democratic nominee today. There's no prior data for young voters in Hawaii, but here's a preview of Wisconsin. As usual, most of this data is courtesy of CIRCLE.

Youth Population: 895,478
Youth Share of Electorate: 22%
Youth Share in 2004: 11%
White non-Hispanic: 84%
Other Race/Ethnicity: 16%
College Students: 22%

Obama is the favorite in Wisconsin, though the polls have been tight in these final weeks. I heard on the news this morning that there was recently a rally for him at the University of Wisconsin, Madison attended by over 20,000 people. Wisconsin also has something of a history for youth activism, the race is increasingly tight, what with the media storyline describing this as a dog fight for every last delegate. And the campaigns have gotten nasty with dueling negative ads in the state. In other words, it's a highly competitive environment. I'll be watching to see just how high youth turnout is, and whether or not it approaches young voter's potential share of the electorate.