It shows young Americans planning to vote Democratic in November by a margin of 52 percent to 19 percent.

[applegrove]

https://open.substack.com/pub/politicususanews/p/young-voters-swing-back-to-democrats?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3aksq

Politico reported on a new poll of young voters from the nonpartisan Generation Lab:

It shows young Americans planning to vote Democratic in November by a margin of 52 percent to 19 percent. Broken down by party, the data indicates that the GOP has a significant base problem: Just 58 percent of young Republicans say they’ll vote GOP — with nearly a third selecting “neither” or “won’t vote.” By contrast, 85 percent of young Democrats intend to show up for their party at the ballot box.

Just as in 2024, deep discontent with the state of the economy is driving anger at the party in power. Now, 81 percent of young Americans rate U.S. economic conditions as bad or terrible — including 68 percent of Republicans. The younger the age bracket, the more optimism diminishes.

President Donald Trump leads the way, with 41 percent of voters who rate the economy negatively naming him as the top culprit, plus 9 percent who select congressional Republicans. But it’s not just the GOP: Another 31 percent finger corporate greed/large companies. Just 6 percent blame Joe Biden or congressional Democrats.

Young voters aren’t buying the Trump administration’s Biden Derangement Syndrome.

[calguy]

1. Let's hope that the pissed-off young voters actually show up and vote

Without even realizing it, younger voters haven’t helped their cause by being too lazy to go to the polls and vote.
I think back to Obama’s first term. We had the majority in both houses in congress. Then, after all the good that Obama had done to rescue the economy from the Great Recession under GW Bush, and got the ACA passed, Democrats, and young people in particular, got complacent and didn’t show up for the midterms.
We ended up losing our congressional majorities, and the momentum Obama had created came to a screeching halt. Not much got done during the next six years, ushering in the disaster of the Trump presidency.
Let’s hope that young finally seize the power they’re entitled to if they’ll just take it.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Characterizing young voters as lazy isn't helpful

First of all, it’s not accurate, especially as a broad brush descriptor.

From my experience, More appropriate descriptors would be “apathetic”, “cynical”, “demoralized”, “exhausted”.

9 million voters stayed home in 2024, compared to 2020. Many of them were young voters.

The DNC spent millions in 2025 to learn “how to listen to men”.

Perhaps they should spend a little on listening to young voters.

Young voters are the largest untapped pool in the electorate.

Any party that can increase young voter turnout by even 10% to their side wins in a landslide.

[calguy]

7. Your point is well taken taken

Perhaps I shouldn’t have used the word lazy, but it’s the word that came to my mind. We seem to generally agree on this issue other than my choice of words.

[Midnight Writer]

2. Republicans will change the voting age to 50.

[meadowlander]

3. Get thee to the recruitment centre 19%!

[dweller]

5. Will they walk to the polls ?

Because come November , they may not be able to afford the gas … the same goes for the rest of us

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[Orrex]

6. Do they remember their President Nixon?

Do they remember the bills they have to pay or even yesterday?