Social media helps U.S. millennial voters register, turnout worries lingerNEW YORK (Reuters) - As the youngest members of the millennial generation became old enough to vote in this year’s U.S. presidential election, states and social media platforms poured efforts into online registration, hoping to attract these tech savvy voters who now rival Baby Boomers as the country’s largest demographic. With Election Day just two days away, political experts are skeptical that a record number of millennials who signed up to vote will actually result in the 18-34 year-old age group turning out at the polls in proportion to their relative size of the U.S. population. Millennials make up approximately 31 percent of U.S. citizens eligible to vote, according to the Pew Research Center, on par for the first time with Baby Boomers, who are typically aged 52-70 years old. There are an estimated 225.8 million eligible U.S. voters.   Millennials have so far, however, turned out in much lower numbers in elections than Baby Boomers. In 2008, a record year for millennial turnout, just 50 per cent of those eligible to vote did so, the National Census Bureau said. That compared with turnout rates of 69 per cent for Baby Boomers and 61 percent for people aged 36 to 51, also known as Generation X. This year, a number of efforts on social media by states and non-profits aimed to change that, including Facebook reminders on users’ accounts, Twitter hashtag campaigns, celebrities creating Snapchat and an Instagram post urging people to vote. According to a survey of state electoral officials and voter non-profits around the United States, these social media campaigns have paid off, at least when it came to getting young voters registered.  A survey of 2,000 millennials conducted by social media platform Yik Yak, which is known for its popularity among college students and teens, showed that 62 percent registered to vote for the first time this year and, of those, 9 percent registered online following a social media prompt. In California, roughly 31 per cent of all registered voters are now aged 18-35. A Facebook reminder on May 16 coincided with 143,255 people registering or updating their registrations online that day in the state, compared to an average of 23,166 per day that month, said California Secretary of State spokesman Sam Mahood. Other states reported similar spikes. In Oregon, more than 420,000 people registered to vote online in 2016, up from 2012 when 163,545 used the online system. Digital voter enrollments in Washington jumped by roughly 135,000 in 2016, compared to 2012. From January through mid-October this year, 381,318 people used the online system in Indiana, nearly three times as many as in 2012.  “Let’s face it - that’s where [younger voters] are; they’re on social media,” said Denise Merrill, the secretary of state for Connecticut, which used social media campaigns, including a dedicated hashtag and Facebook’s banner ads, to drive registrations. “Whatever we’re doing, we’re having pretty dramatic results.” Like a lot of experts, Donald Green, a professor of political science at Columbia University, is skeptical that an increase in young voter registration will correspond with millennials unseating the Baby Boomers as the most active voting bloc. Green conceded that there was “change afoot,” but said he thought it would far more gradual. By his estimate, it would be  25 years before millennials overtake Baby Boomers, or what he dubbed “generational replacement.” “In presidential elections the translation of new registration to votes is more like one half or one third,” he said. Michael Cornfield, an associate professor of political management at George Washington University, agreed that registering someone to vote does not guarantee they’ll show up on Election Day. “It’s up to the campaigns to do the last bit, which is to say make sure the right millennials in the right battleground states are being targeted,” said Cornfield. Some political experts said that, in general, millennials tend to vote more for Democratic Party candidates than Republicans. Laura Wray-Lake, an assistant professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, said the increase in millennial registration could be a boon for Democrats if they could harness some of the social media techniques used to register voters to get them to the polls.  With many political experts expecting overall voter turnout to be lower this year, millennial voters in swing states are a bloc that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton could hope to turn out. Clinton leads Republican candidate Donald Trump by 27 percentage points among likely voters ages 18-34, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. “Young people have huge potential for political impact” Wray-Lake said. “I think eventually these millennials will be deciding the future of the country.” For a graphic on Online voter registration, click tmsnrt.rs/2fjdh4j politicsNews
social media helps millennial voters register turnout worries lingerie york reuters as youngest members millennial generation became old enough vote year presidential election states social media platforms poured efforts online registration hoping attract tech savvy voters rival baby boomer country largest demographic with election day two days away political experts skeptical record number millennials signed vote actually result age group turning polls proportion relative size population millennials make approximately percent citizens eligible vote according pew research center par first time baby boomer typically aged years old there estimated million eligible voters millennials far however turned much lower numbers elections baby boomer in record year millennial turnout per cent eligible vote national census bureau said that compared turnout rates per cent baby boomer percent people aged also known generation x this year number efforts social media states aimed change including facebook reminders users accounts twitter hashtag campaigns celebrities creating snapshot instagram post urging people vote according survey state electoral officials voter around united states social media campaigns paid least came getting young voters registered a survey millennials conducted social media platform ik yak known popularity among college students teens showed percent registered vote first time year percent registered online following social media prompt in california roughly per cent registered voters aged a facebook reminder may coincided people registering updating registrations online day state compared average per day month said california secretary state spokesman sam manhood other states reported similar spikes in oregon people registered vote online used online system digital voter enrollment washington jumped roughly compared from january year people used online system indiana nearly three times many let face younger voters social media said dense merriam secretary state connecticut used social media campaigns including dedicated hashtag facebook banner ads drive registrations whatever pretty dramatic like lot experts donald green professor political science columbia university skeptical increase young voter registration correspond millennials seating baby boomer active voting bloc green conceded change foot said thought would far gradual by estimate would years millennials overtake baby boomer dubbed generational in presidential elections translation new registration votes like one half one third said michael cornfield associate professor political management george washington university agreed registering someone vote guarantee show election day it campaigns last bit say make sure right millennials right battleground states targeted said cornfield some political experts said general millennials tend vote democratic party candidates republicans laura assistant professor university angeles said increase millennial registration could boon democrats could harness social media techniques used register voters get polls with many political experts expecting overall voter turnout lower year millennial voters swing states bloc democratic candidate hillary clinton could hope turn clinton leads republican candidate donald trump percentage points among likely voters ages according poll young people huge potential political impact said i think eventually millennials deciding future for graphic online voter registration click politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Social media helps U.S. millennial voters register, turnout worries lingerNEW YORK (Reuters) - As the youngest members of the millennial generation became old enough to vote in this year’s U.S. presidential election, states and social media platforms poured efforts into online registration, hoping to attract these tech savvy voters who now rival Baby Boomers as the country’s largest demographic. With Election Day just two days away, political experts are skeptical that a record number of millennials who signed up to vote will actually result in the 18-34 year-old age group turning out at the polls in proportion to their relative size of the U.S. population. Millennials make up approximately 31 percent of U.S. citizens eligible to vote, according to the Pew Research Center, on par for the first time with Baby Boomers, who are typically aged 52-70 years old. There are an estimated 225.8 million eligible U.S. voters.   Millennials have so far, however, turned out in much lower numbers in elections than Baby Boomers. In 2008, a record year for millennial turnout, just 50 per cent of those eligible to vote did so, the National Census Bureau said. That compared with turnout rates of 69 per cent for Baby Boomers and 61 percent for people aged 36 to 51, also known as Generation X. This year, a number of efforts on social media by states and non-profits aimed to change that, including Facebook reminders on users’ accounts, Twitter hashtag campaigns, celebrities creating Snapchat and an Instagram post urging people to vote. According to a survey of state electoral officials and voter non-profits around the United States, these social media campaigns have paid off, at least when it came to getting young voters registered.  A survey of 2,000 millennials conducted by social media platform Yik Yak, which is known for its popularity among college students and teens, showed that 62 percent registered to vote for the first time this year and, of those, 9 percent registered online following a social media prompt. In California, roughly 31 per cent of all registered voters are now aged 18-35. A Facebook reminder on May 16 coincided with 143,255 people registering or updating their registrations online that day in the state, compared to an average of 23,166 per day that month, said California Secretary of State spokesman Sam Mahood. Other states reported similar spikes. In Oregon, more than 420,000 people registered to vote online in 2016, up from 2012 when 163,545 used the online system. Digital voter enrollments in Washington jumped by roughly 135,000 in 2016, compared to 2012. From January through mid-October this year, 381,318 people used the online system in Indiana, nearly three times as many as in 2012.  “Let’s face it - that’s where [younger voters] are; they’re on social media,” said Denise Merrill, the secretary of state for Connecticut, which used social media campaigns, including a dedicated hashtag and Facebook’s banner ads, to drive registrations. “Whatever we’re doing, we’re having pretty dramatic results.” Like a lot of experts, Donald Green, a professor of political science at Columbia University, is skeptical that an increase in young voter registration will correspond with millennials unseating the Baby Boomers as the most active voting bloc. Green conceded that there was “change afoot,” but said he thought it would far more gradual. By his estimate, it would be  25 years before millennials overtake Baby Boomers, or what he dubbed “generational replacement.” “In presidential elections the translation of new registration to votes is more like one half or one third,” he said. Michael Cornfield, an associate professor of political management at George Washington University, agreed that registering someone to vote does not guarantee they’ll show up on Election Day. “It’s up to the campaigns to do the last bit, which is to say make sure the right millennials in the right battleground states are being targeted,” said Cornfield. Some political experts said that, in general, millennials tend to vote more for Democratic Party candidates than Republicans. Laura Wray-Lake, an assistant professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, said the increase in millennial registration could be a boon for Democrats if they could harness some of the social media techniques used to register voters to get them to the polls.  With many political experts expecting overall voter turnout to be lower this year, millennial voters in swing states are a bloc that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton could hope to turn out. Clinton leads Republican candidate Donald Trump by 27 percentage points among likely voters ages 18-34, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. “Young people have huge potential for political impact” Wray-Lake said. “I think eventually these millennials will be deciding the future of the country.” For a graphic on Online voter registration, click tmsnrt.rs/2fjdh4j politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: social media helps millennial voters register turnout worries lingerie york reuters as youngest members millennial generation became old enough vote year presidential election states social media platforms poured efforts online registration hoping attract tech savvy voters rival baby boomer country largest demographic with election day two days away political experts skeptical record number millennials signed vote actually result age group turning polls proportion relative size population millennials make approximately percent citizens eligible vote according pew research center par first time baby boomer typically aged years old there estimated million eligible voters millennials far however turned much lower numbers elections baby boomer in record year millennial turnout per cent eligible vote national census bureau said that compared turnout rates per cent baby boomer percent people aged also known generation x this year number efforts social media states aimed change including facebook reminders users accounts twitter hashtag campaigns celebrities creating snapshot instagram post urging people vote according survey state electoral officials voter around united states social media campaigns paid least came getting young voters registered a survey millennials conducted social media platform ik yak known popularity among college students teens showed percent registered vote first time year percent registered online following social media prompt in california roughly per cent registered voters aged a facebook reminder may coincided people registering updating registrations online day state compared average per day month said california secretary state spokesman sam manhood other states reported similar spikes in oregon people registered vote online used online system digital voter enrollment washington jumped roughly compared from january year people used online system indiana nearly three times many let face younger voters social media said dense merriam secretary state connecticut used social media campaigns including dedicated hashtag facebook banner ads drive registrations whatever pretty dramatic like lot experts donald green professor political science columbia university skeptical increase young voter registration correspond millennials seating baby boomer active voting bloc green conceded change foot said thought would far gradual by estimate would years millennials overtake baby boomer dubbed generational in presidential elections translation new registration votes like one half one third said michael cornfield associate professor political management george washington university agreed registering someone vote guarantee show election day it campaigns last bit say make sure right millennials right battleground states targeted said cornfield some political experts said general millennials tend vote democratic party candidates republicans laura assistant professor university angeles said increase millennial registration could boon democrats could harness social media techniques used register voters get polls with many political experts expecting overall voter turnout lower year millennial voters swing states bloc democratic candidate hillary clinton could hope turn clinton leads republican candidate donald trump percentage points among likely voters ages according poll young people huge potential political impact said i think eventually millennials deciding future for graphic online voter registration click politicsnews