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More than half of all voters under the age of 30 cast a ballot in this year's elections, an unprecedented level of engagement
Between 52 percent and 55 percent of eligible adults under the age of 30 voted this year, according to estimates by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.
Four years ago, the center estimated that between 42 percent and 44 percent in that same group cast a ballot. Even in 2008, when young adults turned out at record levels to back then-candidate Barack Obama, those records hovered around 48 percent.
"We will exceed that number, and it may not be even a question," said John Della Volpe, a political scientist at Harvard University who took leave to work for Biden's campaign polling younger voters. "We will have seen, two elections in a row - the midterms in '18 and the presidential in '20 - historical, unprecedented youth participation."
The younger voters who turned out this year favored Biden over President Trump by huge margins; exit polls found 60 percent of voters under 30 backed Biden, 5 percentage points higher than the percent who backed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/young-voters-set-turnout-record-aiding-biden-win/ar-BB1bfH9g
The demographic shift
Between 52 percent and 55 percent of eligible adults under the age of 30 voted this year, according to estimates by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.
Four years ago, the center estimated that between 42 percent and 44 percent in that same group cast a ballot. Even in 2008, when young adults turned out at record levels to back then-candidate Barack Obama, those records hovered around 48 percent.
"We will exceed that number, and it may not be even a question," said John Della Volpe, a political scientist at Harvard University who took leave to work for Biden's campaign polling younger voters. "We will have seen, two elections in a row - the midterms in '18 and the presidential in '20 - historical, unprecedented youth participation."
The younger voters who turned out this year favored Biden over President Trump by huge margins; exit polls found 60 percent of voters under 30 backed Biden, 5 percentage points higher than the percent who backed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/young-voters-set-turnout-record-aiding-biden-win/ar-BB1bfH9g
The demographic shift
