Cross posted at Future Majority.

The Harvard Institute of Politics released their spring survey of young voters this week.  The survey has a sample size of 2,923 young voters - defined as 18-24 year olds - and was roughly split 50/50 between college students and non-college youth.  For reporting on the horse race, I'll refer you to this piece in The Hill and this piece by Jason Fink, at Future Majority. (Hint: Obama and Giuliani are up, Edwards is WAY down.)  

Here's a run down on some of the more interesting findings that you won't see in the mainstream media reporting:

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Cross-posted at Future Majority.

As I type this, the Harvard Institute of Politics is releasing the results of a new poll that will predict a record-shattering turnout on behalf of young voters in next week's midterm elections.  

The news looks great for Democrats, and great for the youth vote - which will receive added attention from politicians and perhaps put to rest the "apathetic youth" meme if these numbers bear out.

Right now only the press release (pdf) is available, but here are the major points that HIP will report:

There's more...