Who Wants to Vote?

In the months leading up to the 2008 election, 18-to-29-year-olds were the most likely age group to say they were “more enthusiastic than usual about voting.” But a recent Gallup poll about the 2012 election showed that their enthusiasm has plummeted and now trails older Americans. Millennial voter enthusiasm has tumbled from 76 to 48 percent. Xers (age…