Younger voters propelled Biden to victory over Trump in 2020, new study finds

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A sharp increase in the number of voters from the youngest two generations helped President Joe Biden win the 2020 election, according to a new study from a Democratic analytics firm, boosting him over former President Donald Trump despite the incumbent’s high levels of support among seniors.

The report, published Monday by the Democratic firm Catalist, found that millennial and Generation Z voters together constituted a much higher share of the electorate in the 2020 presidential race compared to 2016, casting nearly one-third of all votes (31%) last year. The two generations accounted for 23% of all votes four years earlier.

Even in an election that saw across-the-board increases in voter turnout, the jump in participation from two youngest generations was particularly notable, and the study concluded it was a leading contributor to Biden’s success.

“In short, 2020 accelerated a massive change in the composition of the electorate, with Millennials and Gen Z taking an increasingly prominent role in the future of American elections – a demographic change that is functionally permanent,” wrote Yair Ghitza and Jonathan Robinson, the co-authors of the Catalist study.

https://news.yahoo.com/younger-voters-propelled-biden-victory-090000129.html

I would have been reelected if it weren't for those meddling kids - Donald Trump.

[xmas74]

1. This was the first election where Gen Z

Had the numbers to make a difference.

[BoringUsername]

4. No kidding...

Most of them were too young to vote in 2016. My son is Gen Z. He turned 18 just a couple weeks before the 2020 election, so that was the first general election he voted in. I have another Gen Z son, but he's only 11. Most Gen Zs are still too young to vote.

[xmas74]

5. My daughter is a Gen Z.

She'll be 21 next month.

Once they're all of age they could make a huge impact. Most are more politically aware at their age compared to ou ther generations and want to do something about it.

[spooky3]

2. This is great news! nt

[CrispyQ]

3. Who has more at stake in our government & the running of the country than young people?

They will live the longest with the consequences of our decisions today. I hope this is change that sticks, cuz when I was young, very few of my friends were regular voters. Some didn't even bother to vote the presidential elections.

[Celerity]

6. voter turnout among millennials, those born from 1981 to 1996, increased by 27% from 2016 to 2020

We (I was born in 1996) all were eligible to vote in 2016 (all but a few of us that were born November 6th, 1996 to December 31st, 1996 were also eligible to vote in 2014), so that is a MASSIVE increase.