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jorgevlorgan

(10,710 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 12:48 AM Mar 2020

Think Biden has Young Voter Problem? Think Again.



CNN has Biden winning the under-35 vote over Donald Trump, 64% to 33%. For Quinnipiac, it’s 59% to 30%. YouGov and Emerson published data for the under-30 vote. For YouGov, Biden was up 55% to 23%, and in Emerson, it’s 56% to 44%.

How does that compare to the last two presidential elections? Regarding Hillary Clinton’s performance, Biden does generally better. In the 2016 exit poll, she beat Trump 55% to 36% among under-30 voters, and 51% to 41% among voters in their thirties.

When you look at the CNN and Quinnipiac numbers, Biden also appears to be meeting Barack Obama’s 2012 standard—among voters under 30, he beat Mitt Romney 60% to 37%. And even if he’s a little behind Obama’s pace with young voters in the YouGov and Emerson polls, Biden is outperforming Obama with the senior citizen vote. Obama lost the 65-and-over vote by 12 percentage points, while Biden wins with seniors in every March poll except Emerson. And in that one, he only loses by four. In other words, Biden has broader generational appeal than Obama.


This is encouraging.






https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/23/think_joe_biden_has_a_young_voter_problem_think_again_142733.html
If I were to vote in a presidential
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Think Biden has Young Voter Problem? Think Again. (Original Post) jorgevlorgan Mar 2020 OP
Thank you! KR! Cha Mar 2020 #1
KNR sheshe2 Mar 2020 #2
The bigger question is, are they going to turn out? RDANGELO Mar 2020 #3
K&R DarthDem Mar 2020 #4
Joe Biden is doing great with young voters Gothmog Mar 2020 #5
K&R brer cat Mar 2020 #6
I would think that Obama would be on pace with these numbers LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #7
 

RDANGELO

(3,556 posts)
3. The bigger question is, are they going to turn out?
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 01:36 AM
Mar 2020

I hope they do.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Gothmog

(154,590 posts)
5. Joe Biden is doing great with young voters
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 05:03 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

LiberalFighter

(53,475 posts)
7. I would think that Obama would be on pace with these numbers
Tue Mar 24, 2020, 08:33 AM
Mar 2020

if he had the same demographics back then.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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