Eminem/P. Diddy's Youth Vote -- What happened?

Associated Press on the youth-vote (or lack thereof):

This was not the breakout year for young voters that some had anticipated.

Fewer than one in 10 voters Tuesday were 18 to 24, about the same proportion of the electorate as in 2000, exit polls indicated. Still, with voter turnout expected to be higher overall, more young people appeared to have come out.

A vigorous push on college campuses by both parties and national mobilization drives had raised expectations that 2004 would be the year of the youth vote.

This was disappointing but predictable. Just the fact that a 20-something year old digs an Eminem video (much less P. Diddy's "Vote or DIE!" campaign) doesn't necessarily translate into a reliable flood of votes.

Now, were they living in Alaska -- where the legalization of marijuana is on the ballot, you'd see some serious motivatin'.