MSNBC had some interesting exit poll numbers that showed most of the many newly registered voters who voted today in Ohio were 18-20-something and voted 58%-41% for John Kerry, which would suggest that the draft scare tactic worked well for them.

However, 2004 Not a Breakout for Youth After All (SIOBHAN McDONOUGH, 11/02/04, Associated Press)

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.

Exit polls indicated that young people who did vote were strongly supporting Democrat John Kerry over President Bush, while they were evenly split between Bush and Democrat Al Gore four years ago.