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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 01:46 PM Aug 2016

Young People Have Abandoned Trump In Almost Record Numbers, Polls Show

According to a new USA TODAY/Rock The Vote poll, Donald Trump is performing at almost record lows among young American voters. This showing is fueled, in part, by many millennial Bernie Sanders supporters finally flocking to Hillary Clinton.

The poll shows Clinton leading Trump 56 percent to 20 percent among voters under the age of 35. Adding in third-party candidates, the numbers still show Clinton with a wide lead at 50 percent to Trump’s 18 percent, Gary Johnson’s 11 percent, and Jill Stein’s 4 percent.

The poll also found that 50 percent of voters under the age of 35 are supportive of the Democratic Party, with only 20 percent supportive of the Republican Party, and 17 percent independent. Young voters believe that Trump seemed less presidential after the Republican Convention. This is in direct opposition to Clinton’s numbers among young voters, which indicate that after the DNC she seems more presidential.

The recent USA TODAY/Rock The Vote poll isn’t the only one to document Trump’s floundering campaign with young voters. A McClatchy Poll released last week actually shows Trump trailing behind both third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein among voters under the age of 30. In that poll, Trump polled at 9 percent, compared to Clinton’s 41 percent, Johnson’s 23 percent and Stein’s 16 percent. Trump’s level of support was just one point above “undecided” voters at 8 percent.

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Young People Have Abandoned Trump In Almost Record Numbers, Polls Show (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
Does this include The Blacks and The Hispanics? underpants Aug 2016 #1
And the dozens of "millennials hate Clinton and will never vote for her" threads here? whatthehey Aug 2016 #2
I was never worried about Sander's voters... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #3

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)
2. And the dozens of "millennials hate Clinton and will never vote for her" threads here?
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 01:57 PM
Aug 2016

Geez looks like DU and the real world diverge yet again...

Wounded Bear

(58,660 posts)
3. I was never worried about Sander's voters...
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 02:01 PM
Aug 2016

anybody with a brain knew that anybody who supported Bernie on issues and temperament would not vote for Trump.

I mean, get real.

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