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Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
Negative, not people who are likely to vote, the group that voted most in the last election. I haven't even looked and wouldn't know where to, but I would be willing to bet that when the country is at war, the younger voters are much more likely to vote. Like the age group that thinks they are most likely to be drafted. The 40-50s will too, because its their kids going. If I was 18-26, I would I have vested interest in voting.
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No, you're missing something. The phone lists they use to do these polls are generated using registration records that indicate voting history. I don't know whether there is an indication in here of how they picked their list, but it is very likely that you had to have voted in several past general elections to be eligible for a phone call in the first place.
This thing with younger voters is way overblown. Yes, they turn out sometimes, but they are too irresponsible to vote for the most part. The reality is that older voters are the important ones, and young voters matter very little. Most of the time, anyway.