Poll: Biden leads among millennial voters

[emulatorloo]

I’m undecided.

I am posting this poll because it contradicts some ‘conventional wisdom’ I’ve seen on DU, which emphatically asserts that millennials won’t consider voting for Biden.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/434639-poll-biden-leads-among-millennial-voters

Poll: Biden leads among millennial voters
By Michael BurkeMarch 18, 2019 - 08:02 PM EDT

Former Vice President Joe Biden leads a selection of Democratic presidential candidates and potential candidates among millennial voters, according to a survey released Monday.

According to CBS News, a poll organized by the University of Chicago's GenForward Project found that Biden has the support of 21 percent of voters between the ages of 18 and 34. Coming in second is Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is supported by 18 percent of millennials, according to the poll.

The poll also showed that young minority voters support Biden. Twenty-nine percent of Asian-American millennials, 28 percent of African-American millennials and 19 percent of Hispanic millennials said they plan to back Biden, the poll found.

The poll was based on interviews with 2,134 millennials from Feb. 8 to Feb. 25 and has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points, according to CBS News.

[elleng]

1. I ignore 'conventional wisdom,' here or elsewhere.

Again, this poll's dates, Feb. 8-25.

[Gothmog]

2. Joe Biden is the most electable candidate that the Democratic Party has available

[SWBTATTReg]

3. I like Biden. Especially after his takedown of Paul Ryan in that one debate...Biden mopped the ...

floor up w/ him (p ryan)...

[aikoaiko]

4. I'm open to seeing how he presents himself and responds to criticisms.

He may have what it takes to beat Trump even if I'm not fond of his zeal to protect credit card companies and ban certain firearms.

[MineralMan]

5. Well, it's too early to really gauge that sort of thing, I think.

However, those numbers seem to indicate that Biden is far from being hated by those demographic groups. I've seen people claim that they won't vote for him because, you know, old fogey.

It looks like that's not true at all. If he's leading right now, he'll continue to pick up supporters in those groups, I think. Very early days, yet, so it's hardly a decisive poll, but it's interesting, nevertheless.

[Awsi Dooger]

6. Biden will do fine with millennials if he maintains period

I think he's the most difficult candidate to evaluate in terms of whether his support rises, stalls or falls during the primary season. Older age and prior failures are what cause me to be uncertain.

[R B Garr]

7. K&R, thanks for posting this, emulatorloo!

[oasis]

8. K and R

[peggysue2]

9. That's very good news for Biden

He holds those numbers, he'll be on his way to the nomination. Because his support in other demographic and age breakdowns is very strong.

Joey still has juice!

[madville]

10. Millennials will be 25-43 years old in 2020.......

That's a big shift from when they were 13-31 years old the first time Obama got elected. Generation Z are the new Millennials