cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14025725

It’s a significant reversal from recent history: President Joe Biden is struggling with young voters but performing better than most Democrats with older ones.

  • lennybird@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Spot-on analysis. Public approval of Israeli action was already shifting heavily away within just the last 2 months. This of course before the latest debacle this past week. As the polls go, so too will Biden… Hopefully.

    The other thing is Trump has basically been in campaign mode for years already. Biden and the broader coalition is only starting to ramp up now, and the fundraising has been good. As the money starts being spent that’s going to certainly have some impact.

    That said I’m still not convinced pollsters have managed go dial in millennials let alone zoomers.

    • kescusay@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Me neither. Zoomers are between 12 and 27, which means a bunch are turning 18 this year and voting for the first time. And they are enormously hard to poll. I think there are a few things we can assert confidently about them, such as that they support women’s reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ rights, believe in climate change, and are less religious than their parents, but that’s about it.