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Some Democrats are worried about former Vice President Joe Bidens ability to appeal to younger voters. After all, the presumptive Democratic nominee struggled immensely to win young voters in the primary: From the Iowa caucuses through the March 17 primaries, Biden won just 22 percent of the vote among those younger than 45 years old, according to the exit polls, compared to 51 percent among those 45 and older.
Yet for all the concern, Biden isnt actually doing that much worse among younger voters than Hillary Clinton did in the 2016 election. Looking at data from about 90 national polls conducted since April 1, Bidens margins among different groups of younger voters is about the same or just a tad worse than Clintons margins were four years ago. (Pollsters dont use the same age brackets, so there is some overlap in the different age groups.)
For instance, Clinton won voters under the age of 45 by about 17 percentage points, according to the Cooperative Congressional Election Study, a survey of more than 60,000 voters organized by Harvard University and administered by YouGov, while Biden led by an average of 16 points among this group in polls conducted in the last two months. In fact, in each of the age groups we looked at, Bidens margin ranged from about 1 point better than Clintons to just 3 points worse.
In other words, Biden may not excite young voters, but this isnt necessarily going to be an Achilles heel for his campaign either, especially considering Biden may be in a stronger position with older voters.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/biden-doesnt-really-have-a-young-voters-problem/
Warpy
(110,913 posts)It's pretty funny, that assumption that the rest of us aren't sick of it, too, but I do talk to them about watching who he puts on the ticket with him and who he puts into the Cabinet should they pull their heads out and vote for him because those people will be the future and he's not fussy about gender or race.
However, they can ensure nothing but old white men forever if they vote against him, either GOP or third party.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)especially after he announces his running mate. There is plenty time left for Joe to address the concerns of all voters. There will be such a Democratic fervor going into Election Day, it will be an event of the ages.