100.38% Of Senior Citizens In Johnson County Are Registered To Vote

100.38% of senior citizens in Johnson County, Iowa, are registered to vote.

It's true.

Go to the Johnson County Auditor's web page and scroll all the way down to see for yourself.

I found that after reading the Political Forecast's condescending but amusing post concerning my analysis of the Obamarama Rally in Iowa City this past weekend and then trying to find some data to bolster my theory about young people not voting.

The Johnson County Auditor's data does show that younger people have a smaller percentage rate of voting than even middle age or older voters. Besides that, all the old hippies and baby boomers (50+) in Johnson County are about 60% Democrat and 24% Independent, whereas the 18-29 crowd averages about 38% Democrat and 45% Independent.

Even if more independents tend to vote for Democrats, or are at least leaning towards doing so in this election, the generational shift away from specific party affiliation has got to freak out die-hard Democrats.

Go Loebsack!