Young voters, key to Democratic midterm success, show lower enthusiasm than in 2018

The 2022 elections are a little more than a week away and if Democrats are going to defy the usual pattern of midterms (big losses for the party in power), they are going to need some parts of the electorate to turn out more than expected.

One group near the top of that list is younger voters, those under the age of 35. It’s sometimes a struggle to turn out those voters in non-presidential years, but for Democrats, they are a crucial bloc.

The latest NBC News poll shows why those voters matter so much. Of all the age cohorts they lean the most Democratic — and it’s not close. CONTINUED

Dante Chinni, NBC News


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