Young people: increasingly diverging politically, women becoming more liberal, men move towards more conservative views

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13. But that breakdown is at odds with the non-gender-segregated data

Assuming an approximate 50/50 split among the electorate, the +11 margin for men and +46 margin for women in your survey averages to a +28 margin for the entire age group, regardless of gender, which is significantly lower than the +37 margin obtained by Pew.

See what I’m getting at?

While there may indeed be measurable differences in Democratic support between young men and young women, the difference may be overblown in the survey you quoted.

I guess comparing the sample size between Pew and the other survey you quoted might help clarify things.

Edit: it appear the CNN survey sampled about 1,000 fewer men than women.