Poll: Young voters say election historic

PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- America's younger voters are mindful of the historic potential of this year's U.S. presidential race, a Gallup poll indicated Monday.

Among registered voters in the 18-to-29 age bracket surveyed in a Gallup-USA Today-MTV poll, 61 percent said they supported the Democratic party of Barack Obama and Joe Biden while 32 percent indicated they prefer the John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket.

Nearly-two thirds -- 64 percent -- of 18- to 29-year-olds surveyed told pollsters from the Princeton, N.J., firm they have given the election a lot of thought. Forty-four percent said they thought this year's election to be the most important of the last 50 years.

When questioned about how the candidates would impact their lives, 84 percent say an Obama victory would have a great deal or moderate amount of impact on their lives, and 72 percent say McCain has a great deal or moderate amount.

Results are based on telephone interviews Sept. 18-28 with 903 U.S. adults ages 18-29. For results based on the total sample, the margin of error is 4 percentage points. For results of 742 registered voters in the subset, the margin of error is 5 percentage points.