Thought you might be interested to read this post-election analysis on the youth vote, which has, at times, been a mythical thing in past cycles:

The night was a huge moment for Obama, of course. But some say it also was a defining moment for a generation of youth who played a key role in electing him. Exit polls show that 18- to 29-year-olds voted for Obama by a more than 2-1 margin, boosted by particularly strong support from young African-Americans, Hispanics and Asian-Americans.

In his speech at Chicago’s Grant Park on Election Night, the president-elect called it a rejection of “the myth of their generation’s apathy.”

Eric Greenberg, who studies this group, known as Echo Boomers, Generation Y or Millennials, goes as far as calling it a “changing of the guard, a new political epoch, a youth movement.”

“They believe the solution starts with themselves, and we just saw it play out in Technicolor on Election Night,” said Greenberg, author of “Generation We: How Millennial Youth Are Taking Over America and Changing Our World Forever.”

First, I’m delighted to find myself still considered “youth” in this instance, but more importantly, take note, Greatest Generation.

We’re not the lazy, unmotivated slobs you’d like to think we are. Give us the right candidate, and we’ll come out in full force to knock doors, make phone calls and cast our ballots.

Now all we have to do is harness that energy and make sure we don’t lose it before the mid-term election.