Biden plummets in new national poll, ceding top spot to Bernie

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41. Facts are they did show up to vote. Not in the same numbers as 2008. I expect more will this

time around. The 18 to 29 year old voters are four years older this time, and some are 8 years older. Those young adults were more likely to identify as liberals but were less likely to identify as Democrats. They are up for grabs so someone's got to get them.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/11/21/how-millennials-voted/

While many expected the low favorability ratings of the two candidates and the divisiveness of this election year to keep young voters home, 2016 saw similar rates of young adult turnout as 2012. On election day, Hillary Clinton won the youth vote (55 percent) while Donald Trump only garnered the support of 37 percent of the millennial electorate. Comparatively, in 2012, young adults voted for Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by 60 percent to 37 percent.

Kiesa argued these inconsistencies likely arose because young people believe parties are unable to advance their views. Kiesa suggested that as young people age, we may see less commitment to the parties as major vehicles of civic participation. In a panel discussion following the presentation, Jane Coaston, a political reporter for MTV Networks, offered that the parties should rethink how they appeal to key constituencies and build political party membership. She noted that a more ground-up approach to party organization would allow voters to convey to the parties the issues they care about, rather than the current strategy: assuming voters will inherently prioritize party identification at the ballot box.