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.

  • @[email protected]
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    811 months ago

    You aren’t losing a finger, you’re being forced to accept that your politics don’t align with most of your fellow citizens.

    Frederick Douglas couldn’t even vote, but he worked for politicians who couldn’t promise to end slavery.

    • @samus12345
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      311 months ago

      Don’t align with most of your fellow citizens that vote, specifically. And they’re the only ones that count in this case.

      • @go_go_gadget
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        -811 months ago

        Sounds like you think you can win the 2024 general election without our help then. Best of luck.

        • @samus12345
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          711 months ago

          If you’re petty enough to roll over and let fascism win, you were never someone who could be relied on anyway.

          • @go_go_gadget
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            -711 months ago

            And yet, apparently the people who voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries are relying on our votes because he wouldn’t have won the general without us.

            • @[email protected]
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              311 months ago

              Based on what you know about the GOP, what makes you think that there will even be an election in 2028 it they gain power in 2024?

              • @go_go_gadget
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                -511 months ago

                I don’t. Question is, why did the people who voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries think they could fuck us over and then turn around and expect our votes?

                • @[email protected]
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                  411 months ago

                  So, a fascist takeover and having elections banned is okay by you, because you’re mad Biden voters didn’t pick your choice?

                  • @go_go_gadget
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                    011 months ago

                    Why would I answer your question when you didn’t answer mine?

        • @assassin_aragorn
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          111 months ago

          Do you think you can win primary and general elections without their help? Petulance only begets petulance.

          • @go_go_gadget
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            -611 months ago

            Petulance

            Do you want our votes or not? This ain’t the way to do it.

            • @SCB
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              411 months ago

              This entire thread is literally about how there aren’t very many of “your votes”

              • @go_go_gadget
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                -211 months ago

                Sounds like you think you don’t need us to win the 2024 election then.

                • @SCB
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                  211 months ago

                  Go nuts man. I don’t care at all how you vote

                  • @go_go_gadget
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                    -211 months ago

                    Alright then don’t cry when you lose in 2024. And if there is another primary election in 2028 do your best not to vote for the most procorporate trash candidate yeah?

              • @go_go_gadget
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                011 months ago

                Awww is the Boomer upset that someone doesn’t just do what they’re told? Gonna throw a little fit and insist you’re the grown up and therefore you make all the rules?

                Typical.

                • @assassin_aragorn
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                  111 months ago

                  I’m old but I’m not that old. I’m a tail end millennial.

                  I’m not trying to make the rules or insist I’m the grown up. I’m just trying to point out that animosity with necessary allies is a terrible idea, and it applies both directions. I think it’s more important to win than it is to be proven right.

                  • @go_go_gadget
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                    111 months ago

                    I’m just trying to point out that animosity with necessary allies

                    They’re not allies though. The people who voted for Biden in the primaries did so specifically to fight progressive and leftist efforts. Ask anybody who voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries why they did it.

                    They are not allies and they’re not hiding it. They’re fighting us in the open.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 months ago

      you’re being forced to accept that your politics don’t align with most of your fellow citizens.

      I think younger people are being forced to accept their politics don’t align with most of their fellow citizens who vote and have money. Statistically this means older citizens.

      If there’s anything good coming out of the last two presidential elections I think it’s that younger citizens are becoming more active and galvanizing them to vote and be heard.