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AUGUST 02, 2008

FL race boils down to granny v grandkid

Who wins Florida and the White House may boil down to a struggle between grandma and her grandkids. There is a stark generation gap in this election. John McCain is winning over seniors, Barack Obama is winning the youngest voters, and the repercussions could extend well past November.

"This may be the first generational election in recent history," said Peter Brown, assistant director of Quinnipiac University's Polling Institute. "This is the first election where the split by age is so dramatic.''

"If you're Obama, you're encouraged but you're also scared to death,'' Republican pollster Neil Newhouse said of the recent polls. "Your victory depends on a huge margin and turnout among 18- to 34-year-olds, who are historically the least likely to go to the polls."

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