2008 Turnout Highest Since 1968

With final figures in from almost every state, George Mason University professor and election turnout expert Michael McDonald says that 131 million people voted in the 2008 election - the highest turnout in 40 years. By comparison, 122 million people voted in 2004. And get this - young people made up one-third of that 9 million vote increase from 2004 to 2008!