Younger voters propelled Biden to victory over Trump in 2020, new study finds

[applegrove]

Younger voters propelled Biden to victory over Trump in 2020, new study finds

BY ALEX ROARTY

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article251272304.html

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WASHINGTON

A sharp increase in the number of voters from the youngest two generations helped President Joe Biden win the 2020 election, according to a new study from a Democratic analytics firm, boosting him over former President Donald Trump despite the incumbent’s high levels of support among seniors.

The report, published Monday by the Democratic firm Catalist, found that millennial and Generation Z voters together constituted a much higher share of the electorate in the 2020 presidential race compared to 2016, casting nearly one-third of all votes (31%) last year. The two generations accounted for 23% of all votes four years earlier.

Even in an election that saw across-the-board increases in voter turnout, the jump in participation from two youngest generations was particularly notable, and the study concluded it was a leading contributor to Biden’s success.

“In short, 2020 accelerated a massive change in the composition of the electorate, with Millennials and Gen Z taking an increasingly prominent role in the future of American elections – a demographic change that is functionally permanent,” wrote Yair Ghitza and Jonathan Robinson, the co-authors of the Catalist study.

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[Cracklin Charlie]

1. I saw this last week.

I’ll say it again...Thank you, Young Voters!

[Skittles]

2. gives me hope for the future

these are people who really haven't known life without constant rightwing propaganda - LOVE these young folk

[speak easy]

3. I'm sorry but this is bogus.

Half the data is telephone polling of those who said they had voted early. However reliable / unreliable that may be, the results can not be compared to earlier 100% on-the-day exit polls which are the gold standard sample of how people voted.