Joe Biden has been losing support with young voters. Some young men in Philly, meanwhile, cite inflation, immigration, and “the Democrats becoming so cringe,” as reasons for sticking with Trump.
2018 had +4% more voters under 50 years old than 2022.
While 2004–08 had the highest number of younger voters, it also peaked in every age group in terms of turn out by roughly the same amount (+10% ish) except the 60+ dynamic who have shown a steady increase over 40 years with no decline as opposed to all others that have declined since 2012.
18-30 year olds turned out the most at roughly 48% for Obama, but have never broken 50%, all other age groups have never dipped below 50%, with 45+ year olds never dipping below 62% (all numbers - of voting age citizens who voted)
What you’re ignoring is those elderly demographics keep shrinking and this cycle the majority of voters will be under 40 years old
The age of the boomers is over, but the generation before them still won’t stop controlling both parties and insisting that listening to 60 year olds is already enough compromise.
2018 had +4% more voters under 50 years old than 2022.
While 2004–08 had the highest number of younger voters, it also peaked in every age group in terms of turn out by roughly the same amount (+10% ish) except the 60+ dynamic who have shown a steady increase over 40 years with no decline as opposed to all others that have declined since 2012.
18-30 year olds turned out the most at roughly 48% for Obama, but have never broken 50%, all other age groups have never dipped below 50%, with 45+ year olds never dipping below 62% (all numbers - of voting age citizens who voted)
What you’re ignoring is those elderly demographics keep shrinking and this cycle the majority of voters will be under 40 years old
The age of the boomers is over, but the generation before them still won’t stop controlling both parties and insisting that listening to 60 year olds is already enough compromise.
I’m not sure where you’re getting the under 40 numbers, most polling pegs “youth” as 18-29, And the next bracket is under 45.
For my purposes I’m calling “young” voters under 30. I used the stats above to add context to show how under represented they are in comparison.