Democratic hopes for toppling Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in next month?s recall election may hinge on a strong turnout from young voters, who came out in heavy numbers for President Barack Obama in 2008 but were less active when Walker was elected two years later. Both sides of the June 5 recall pitting Walker against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett are focused on get-out-the-vote efforts because of a low number of undecided voters. But tapping into college-aged voters, traditionally a strong well of support for Democrats, is proving difficult because of a new law making it tougher for those students to cast ballots and the fact that many will have left college campuses for the summer by election time.
….Republicans also have an aggressive campaign to get necessary information to college voters, said Jeff Snow, chairman of the UW-Madison College Republicans. “I think students are pretty aware and I think that Gov. Walker will do very well among student voters,” said Snow, a 20-year-old entering his junior year. “This has been a pretty historic couple of years in the state of Wisconsin politically.”