Young voters overwhelmingly say they would support President Biden over former President Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up if the 2024 presidential election were held today, according to a poll released Wednesday.

In the Economist/YouGov poll — conducted via web-based interviews Dec. 16-18 — more than half (53 percent) of registered voters under 30 said they would support Biden, and less than a quarter (24 percent) said they would support Trump.

Another 10 percent said they would support another candidate, 4 percent said they were not sure, and 9 percent said they wouldn’t vote.

  • TherouxSonfeir@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Wait, just yesterday young voters didn’t like Biden? I’m beginning to think that maybe the news is all made up 🤪

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        11 months ago

        I don’t think that is true. It’s like saying you don’t like a Honda Accord because Ferraris exist. Sure you want everything, but you’ll still appreciate the Accord over the Nike Express.

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      It’s a fallacy of polling. They only had two choices here. The correct interpretation is they prefer him over Trump, but do not like him.

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        11 months ago

        I don’t like Biden much either, but a tree stump is just unkind. We needed Bernie Sanders, not another TV celebrity. (I do love me some John though)

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          Love John, but he won’t do it. He’s said in multiple interviews that his place is outside the establishment generating the public will to act, which he couldn’t do as a politician. I don’t blame him. He seems to be more effective at getting change done than most senators or even presidents.

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        If Biden were to drop out there’s a long list of people who really don’t have the clout to galvanize a winning coalition on such short notice. The list of people who do and could win is one person long:

        1. John Stewart
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          11 months ago

          Stephen Colbert might be on that list too. And honestly, Harris would probably work for the same reasons as Biden.

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      I read an article earlier this week that actually explains this. They had a result that young people preferred Trump to Biden – but when they narrowed in on likely voters, it flipped to Biden. They noted that the individuals who preferred Trump tended to not vote in 2020.

      Make of this what you will. I’m not entirely sure myself how to interpret this.

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          11 months ago

          Pft of course haha

          Polling companies need to figure out a new strategy. Their current methodology isn’t working. For a poll to be accurate it needs to be a simple random sample. It’s tricky to do, but clearly what we have now is insufficient.

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      11 months ago

      Not made up. Just a large population.

      I could write an article about how Biden is really a cat and find people on the street to provide quotes for it.