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ALBANY, GA -- "Everyone needs to get out and vote," said Derrick Brown, Darton College student. "It’s very important."

That’s exactly the message Barack Obama wants to deliver to young voters as the first sitting President to appear on the highly popular, satirical news program.

Young voters turned out in droves for Obama and the Democrats in 2008 but getting them to the polls in an off-year election may be an uphill battle.

"Wait – who’s running next week?" asked Darton student Charity Shingles.

Conventional wisdom is that appearing on shows like Letterman, Leno, and Saturday Night Live is tremendously helpful in appealing to a youth culture that often seems media-obsessed.

We visited Albany’s Darton College to see if young voters in Southwest Georgia fit that stereotype and if they plan to vote at all.

Sophomore Nicole Maxwell says she will be going to the polls on November 2^nd and thinks the President’s youth-conscious strategy is a smart one.

"A lot of young people watch TV and if they’re not watching TV, they’re listening to it on the radio so those shows like that influence us a lot," said Maxwell.

"It does appeal to us younger constituents because we watch a lot of Letterman shows, Tonight Show, more than we do the news," said Brown.

"I don’t know how much of a difference it would make, whether he goes on the show or not," said Shingles.

Most students at Darton told us they understand why politicians are doing anything and everything they can to appeal to young voters. But some said they don’t need any extra incentive when it comes to voting, their future is reason enough.

"It’s somewhat tainted but if that’s the only way they can get to us, then they got to use that way," said Brown.

"It’s important," said Maxwell. "Our future depends on it."