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An Emerson College poll released Friday reveals Trump is now leading among voters under 30, with 45% of the support, while Biden trails 2 points behind with 43%. The shift among the younger electorate has been causing alarm among Democrats, as recent polls cast doubt on whether the president can make inroads with the new generation.
In 2020, Biden won about 60% of voters under 30, while Trump won about 36%, according to AP VoteCast, making them the most Democratic-leaning age group of those who voted.
In recent months, millennial and Generation Z voters have turned their back on the Democratic president, with national poll numbers dropping significantly since the start of summer. In June, Biden's favorability rating with voters under 35 was 51%, compared to Trump's 23%, according to an NBC News poll. However, in that same poll, young voters expressed little enthusiasm for a Biden reelection, with only 9% reporting they "strongly approve" of the president's performance.
Comment: During his campaign, Biden vowed to cancel $10,000 in student debt for every borrower. They were duped. He reneged.
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The most recent polls among younger voters show a major change in sentiment among the demographic that once delivered Biden to the White House. According to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll from October, Trump holds a 3-point edge over Biden among young voters, with the former president at 50% and the president at 47%.
A Biden-Trump matchup could hurt youth voter turnout, a stark contrast from 2020, when big margins were seen among young voters. Biden is seeing career lows in approval ratings from younger voters concerning how he is handling immigration and the economy.
And while age is a concern for both front-runners — Trump is 77 years old, and Biden is 80 — the former president hasn't faced the same kind of scrutiny about his age as Biden, whom voters widely see as too old to serve another term.
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