As President Barack Obama makes the rounds to college campuses in North Carolina, Iowa and Colorado to mobilize young voters, a recent Gallup poll shows that his overwhelming support from young people may not translate into votes.

According to a phone survey conducted by Gallup from April 20 to 24, people aged 18 to 29 in the U.S. support Barack Obama over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president 64 to 29 percent, but these supporters are also the least likely to be currently registered to vote and are the least likely to vote.

Overall, Obama leads Romney in the polls, 49 to 43 percent. That gap gets smaller, however, as the age of voters increases. Obama leads by 4 and 5 points among those 30 to 49 years old and 50 to 64 years old, respectively. Among those 65 and over, Romney leads Obama by 12 points, 52 to 40.

John Heflin, a Marquette University senior and an intern with the pro-Obama group Organizing for America, said it’s too soon to tell how college students will vote at the polls in November.

—By Allison Kruschke

(The Marquette Tribune, Marquette University)