Young voters in swing states are a big part of the early surge. That could boost Biden.

[brooklynite]

Source: NBC News

Younger Americans are voting early in droves this cycle, far outpacing their pre-Election Day turnout in several key swing states at this time in 2016.

So far, voters ages 18 to 29 have cast more than 6 million early votes, according to data from NBC News Decision Desk/Target Smart, a Democratic political data firm. Four years ago at the same time, the number was about 2 million.

The increase is visible in states like Ohio, Texas, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina — swing states that saw substantial early voting last time around.

In each state, more than twice the number of young Americans have already voted in the election when compared with 2016.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/young-voters-swing-states-are-big-part-early-surge-could-n1244923

[beachbumbob]

1. the good thing here, this demographic is not being recognized by polling outfits and to me are

the "secret Biden" voters that will count in additional millions and sways the outcome in all battle ground states AND REDSTATES and why Texas could actually be in play and Florida may not be "close"


We are hoping on the young vote to set the mandate for going forward.

Otherwise we are truly fucked with NO HOPE

[True Blue American]

2. The young are smart.

They know a pompous idiot when they see one.

[Sherman A1]

3. K&R

[RobertDevereaux]

4. This is such a relief!

[Happyhippychick]

5. Mom to 2 GenZ, now known as "Zoomers"

They and all of their friends sobbed 4 years ago on election night when they were too young to vote, now they are coming out in force and en masse. Look out Dump.

[iluvtennis]

14. Same here - have two Zoomers as well. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

6. The future belongs to the young

'Bout time they realize they have to make some choices

[SKKY]

7. Everyone keeps talking about suburban white women being the deciding factor....

...but I honestly think the code to get younger voters to the polls (Or at least to send in their absentee ballot) has been cracked, and when all is said and done, will be what gets Joe and Kamala across the finish line.

[beachbumbob]

8. We know this demographic is breaking 3-1 to biden, so

impact is huge and in most cases the pollsters are missing it

[FM123]

9. Yep.

Just like we have aged ten years in this past four year term, so have the young folks - they have had enough!
In Florida, for example, about 230,000 younger voters had cast their ballots at least one week ahead of the 2016 election. This time around, more than 514,000 have.

[Thekaspervote]

10. Polls show they aren't voting for dotard!

[llmart]

11. This really makes me happy.

If a person becomes politically active and aware as a young person, they are more likely to continue to see the importance of remaining vigilant and informed for the rest of their lives. My generation was activated to become involved when we realized that our guys were dying for a stupid war in Viet Nam but couldn't even cast a vote.

It will be the young people and the African American voters that will save us.

[kimbutgar]

12. All these young kids grew up with the sane and stable President Obama and think MF45 is an

Insane man.

[Botany]

13. David Hogg: March for Our Lives Activists Urge Young Americans to Vote

'It's Going to Require Every Young Person.' March for Our Lives Activists Urge Young Americans to Vote

A month after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, David Hogg stood in front of a crowd of hundreds of thousands gathered at the U.S. Capitol to demand an end to gun violence. “Who here is going to vote in the 2018 election?” asked Hogg, then a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas and co-founder of student-led group March for Our Lives (MFOL). “If you listen real close, you can hear the people in power shaking.”

Two years later, Hogg, who is now 20, is getting ready to vote in his first presidential election and is urging every young and eligible person in the country to do the same. More than 15 million Americans have turned 18 since 2016, but for several election cycles, low voter turnout among first-time voters has caused politicians to overlook the youth vote.

Now Hogg believes young voters will be the ones to decide this race’s outcome. In Florida, a critical state for President Donald Trump’s re-election, young voters are already turning out in big numbers. Recent data from polling firm TargetSmart shows more than 419,000 voters between the ages of 18 to 29 have cast their ballots in Florida so far — a 34% surge over the same group in 2018. “These elections really do matter,” Hogg says. “They’re not about voting for Democrats or Republicans. For young people, frankly, it’s about our survival.”

Hogg and other survivors of the Parkland shooting, in which 17 people died, have long been outspoken critics of Trump. On Oct. 22, Hogg tweeted video of Biden comforting the son of a Parkland school shooting victim, writing, “Trump never even came to Parkland. He spent 35 minutes taking photos at a nearby hospital, which he used in a fundraising email, then left for a disco party at Mar-a-Lago and golfed during the victims’ funerals.”

https://time.com/5904030/march-for-our-lives-youth-vote-2020-election/