DID YOUNG PEOPLE TURN OUT IN GREAT NUMBERS? NBC is reporting that, for all the efforts at bringing young people to the polls, the percentage of 18-29 year old voters is exactly the same as it was in 2000 (17%). And the number of voters in the 30 to 44 year old group has actually declined, going from 33% to 28%. Voters 45 and older made up 54% of the electorate. Even more interesting, NBC shows voters aged 18-29 split evenly (49 to 49%) on the question whether they approved of going to war in Iraq. Of course, this is from exit polls, and the exit polls reported earlier in the day seemed to have leaned excessively toward Kerry. So who knows?