Social media helps U.S. millennial voters register, turnout worries linger

Rock the Vote Digital Director Sara Tabatabaie, 26, works on her computer in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 4, 2016. Picture taken November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

NEW 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 sceptical 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.