New USA TODAY/RTV Poll Finds Clinton’s Support Among Millennials Grows

[book_worm]

A new USA TODAY/Rock the Vote Poll of young voters, conducted by Ipsos, finds Hillary Clinton is continuing to build a lead over Donald Trump among Millennials.

Among the key findings:

On the four-way ballot, Clinton is at 68%, Trump at 20%. Support for third-party candidates is ebbing. Libertarian Gary Johnson is at 8%, Green Party’s Jill Stein at 1%

Enthusiasm about voting peaked in March, when Bernie Sanders was still on the ballot. Likelihood to vote dropped a bit in the August survey and a bit more in the October survey, even as the election neared and the Clinton campaign unleashed speeches and surrogates designed to energize younger voters.

The negative tone of the campaign has had an impact. The number-one reason Clinton supporters give for backing her is “to keep Donald Trump out of the White House.” The number-one reason Trump supporters give for backing him is “to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House.”

The first two debates damaged Trump; a majority say they made him seem less presidential, credible and trustworthy. The debates boosted Clinton; a plurality says they made her seem more presidential, human, credible and accessible. But they didn’t make Clinton seem more trustworthy, a continued weakness for her.

Only 47% of Millennial women support Clinton. They’re not particularly attracted to Trump, at 18%. But a combined 18% support Johnson or Stein. In contrast, 65% of Millennial men support Clinton. Just a combined 6% of men support the third party candidates.
Millennial voters continue to identify jobs and the economy as the top issues for the next president to focus on. Among other key priorities identified by young likely voters are college affordability, health care, civil rights and foreign policy/terrorism

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pr/2016/10/17/new-usa-todayrtv-poll-finds-clintons-support-among-millennials-grows/92308856/

[bettyellen]

1. She has a lot more support from millennial men? Gives me hope.

[joeybee12]

2. I know, that was strange

Hopefully millenial women will come around.

[riversedge]

3. Makes me sad.

[joeybee12]

4. seems like millenial women don't get history

And it's fairly recent history, too.

[ToxMarz]

6. Kind of like Log Cabin Republicans.

[joeybee12]

7. Yup..nt

[oasis]

5. They have just three weeks to wake up. This election's too important. nt

[4lbs]

8. I still can't understand why Gary Johnson is getting even 8% now among millenials.

He is against four of the top issues that are important to millennials:

1.) Minimum wage (increase to $15)
He's against it.

2.) Climate Change
He's against doing anything about because you know, in about 4 billion years the Earth will be destroyed by the Sun anyway.

3.) Health insurance
He is in favor of getting rid of Obamacare and thinks we should go back to the way things were before 2009.

4.) Student debt and loan relief
He wants to get rid of the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce which are in charge of things like... oh... Pell Grants and student loans.

[ffr]

9. I know two such Millennial men who support Clinton

My nephews who are both eligible to vote in their first general election this year. They get it. They're with her because of her, not against Donald.