Youth Turnout in the 2016 Primaries Exceeded 2008 Participation in Several States

CIRCLE estimates for youth turnout, number of voters/caucusgoers, and youth vote share across both parties' 2016 presidential primaries.

	2016 Youth Turnout	2008 Youth Turnout	Number of Young Participants	Youth Share of Participants
Alabama	22%	19%	167,001	13%
Arkansas	16%	11%	72,412	12%
Georgia	18%	21%	234,004	11%
Massachusetts	22%	25%	313,937	18%
Oklahoma	16%	14%	90,816	11%
Tennessee	13%	15%	124,014	10%
Texas	15%	17%	565,894	13%
Vermont	27%	N/A	25,509	13%
Virginia	18%	16%	248,596	14%

Data is for young people ages 18-29 except in Vermont and Virginia, where 17-year-olds could vote in the primaries.

Super Tuesday contests were also held in Alaska, Colorado, and Minnesota but data from those states was not immediately available.