Posted on 04/30/2022 11:01:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
One of the most remarkable developments in the last two national elections was the surge in voting among young people, historically a low-turnout crowd who proved pivotal to Democrats winning a House majority in 2018 and Joe Biden winning the presidency.
A lingering question has been whether that was a Trump-era anomaly or whether it marked an enduring change in voting behavior.
The good news, according to a new poll of 18-to-29-year-olds released this week by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, is that turnout among the young is on track to be as high as it was in the 2018 midterms. However, that may bode ill for Democrats — more young Republicans are eager to vote this year than in 2018, and among Democrats, the mojo is fading.
The share of young Republicans saying they will definitely vote in 2022 is up 7 percentage points over this time four years ago; definite Democratic voters are down 5 points. The erosion was especially steep among young Black voters, who now seem less likely to vote than young Republicans.
Among likely voters under 30, 55% still prefer Democratic control of Congress compared with 34% preferring Republican control. But that is about half the 41-point partisan advantage Democrats enjoyed in the spring 2018 poll, when 69% favored Democratic control and 28% preferred Republican control.
This poll is only the latest of several recent surveys showing that President Biden’s approval rating is sinking among young voters. That could take a toll on Democrats in the midterm elections, and is putting pressure on Biden to act on youth-oriented issues such as student loan debt forgiveness and climate change before election day.
The White House is getting the message. Harvard officials and students who worked on the poll met with the president and...
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All those "migrants" of Brandons' flooding across the border are going to be voting in November.
It's the only reason they are here.
Thousands of dollars in loan forgiveness. I remember when a carton of cigarettes would do the trick.
...fraudulent ballots. When does the investigation begin?
no voter id and mail in ballots
whats stopping them?
BINGO!
Who cares, most of them don’t know a Republic from a Democracy anyway. also, they typically talk a lot but don’t get around to voting. Dead people are more reliable.
Already talking about immigration policy. Think we have inflation now, just wait until all of those illegals get here. The gbemint will print tons of money for them, free to them medical, school, groceries, clothes, cars, bail money, free lawyers and everything else they want.
Free College for Young Democrat voters.
I’m trying to figure this out. Let’s say next month Biden forgives student debt. This will piss off all who sacrificed in order to pay their loans. What happens to those who plan on starting college this fall? Do they have to take out student loans? What’s the cutoff? I think this will backfire. Bigly.
It looks like they already have!
We’re 6 months from the midterms. Voter fraud has not been fixed in most locations. The DEMs fear little. I expect DEM majorities in both houses of Congresses. Recent history would indicate this is the betting position.
Let’s bet then.
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