Florida Gov. Charlie Crist gets more kudos for his win last year in the latest Young Voter Mobilization Tactics report produced by George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management.
While voters aged 18-29 nationwide lean heavily Democratic, they proved the kings of swing in last fall's gubernatorial contest, with 50 percent of the nearly half-million who voted going for Crist and 49 percent for Democrat Jim Davis.
The report gives him credit for, among other tactics, winning the Facebook outreach, with eight such online networking forums touting him.
And despite the gray hair, Florida's electorate is trending younger, with young voter turnout growing by 8 points from 2000 to 2004, the report states.