… Gen Z’s concerns seem to go beyond those gripping everyone in recent months. A generation turning to the left is colliding with a political system ever more structurally biased to the right. And a generation that wants the government to play an active role in improving people’s lives is […] Read more »
Just 5 Percent Of Young Voters Strongly Approve Of Biden’s Performance
The president’s support among young voters — who generally trend Democratic — is anemic, with their level of support comparable with his numbers among whites without college degrees and white evangelical Christians. Part of the problem for Biden may be his big promises: then-candidate Biden promised transformational change, but his […] Read more »
Young Voters Are Fed Up With Their (Much) Older Leaders
… While voters across the spectrum express rising doubts about the country’s political leadership, few groups are as united in their discontent as the young. A survey from The New York Times and Siena College found that just 1 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds strongly approve of the way Mr. Biden is […] Read more »
Americans support student loan forgiveness, but would rather rein in college costs
As President Biden inches toward an announcement on federal student loan forgiveness, a new NPR/Ipsos poll has found slightly more than half of Americans support what has been reported to be Biden’s likeliest path: forgiving up to $10,000 per person. But an overwhelming majority – including a majority of those […] Read more »
Young Voters, Who Helped Biden to Victory, Are a Big Weak Spot in the Democratic Coalition
America’s youngest voters accounted for the biggest turnout increase of any age group between the past two presidential elections, helping deliver full control of Washington to President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats. But with just under five months until the midterm elections, it’s this group of voters who present a […] Read more »
Abortion could upend midterms, but only if young people vote
Last week’s leaked draft opinion that would overturn the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling has potential impacts that reach beyond the courts and abortion laws. It was a bomb set off in the thick of 2022’s midterm campaign. And one doesn’t have to look hard to see how it […] Read more »