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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Think Biden has Young Voter Problem? Think Again.
CNN has Biden winning the under-35 vote over Donald Trump, 64% to 33%. For Quinnipiac, its 59% to 30%. YouGov and Emerson published data for the under-30 vote. For YouGov, Biden was up 55% to 23%, and in Emerson, its 56% to 44%.
How does that compare to the last two presidential elections? Regarding Hillary Clintons 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 Obamas 2012 standardamong voters under 30, he beat Mitt Romney 60% to 37%. And even if hes a little behind Obamas 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
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Think Biden has Young Voter Problem? Think Again. (Original Post)
jorgevlorgan
Mar 2020
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(305,440 posts)1. Thank you! KR!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(87,552 posts)2. KNR
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
RDANGELO
(3,556 posts)3. The bigger question is, are they going to turn out?
I hope they do.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DarthDem
(5,364 posts)4. K&R
For viz. Thank you!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(154,590 posts)5. Joe Biden is doing great with young voters
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brer cat
(26,290 posts)6. K&R
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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
if he had the same demographics back then.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden