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highplainsdem

(48,993 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:00 AM Oct 2020

I'm guessing the high turnout by young voters means pollsters have been undercounting them

this year, going by their low turnout in past elections.

I hope so, anyway, since that would be great for Biden, especially in terms of in-person voting.

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I'm guessing the high turnout by young voters means pollsters have been undercounting them (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2020 OP
on the ground indications all point to a huge increase in the under 30 yr old beachbumbob Oct 2020 #1
My daughter is a first time voter bamagal62 Oct 2020 #2
I have to think they are missing from a lot of polls. Hell, I screen calls and they most certainly hlthe2b Oct 2020 #3
I read one theory that covid has convinced many young people that government in our lives may be... jcgoldie Oct 2020 #4
 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
1. on the ground indications all point to a huge increase in the under 30 yr old
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:02 AM
Oct 2020

and they mostly register as "unaffiliated" and often missed by pollsters

bamagal62

(3,258 posts)
2. My daughter is a first time voter
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:05 AM
Oct 2020

Last edited Fri Oct 30, 2020, 10:13 AM - Edit history (1)

In PA. She tells me her friends are eager to vote.
She’s 20.
She’s determined to stand in line Tuesday for however long it takes.

hlthe2b

(102,283 posts)
3. I have to think they are missing from a lot of polls. Hell, I screen calls and they most certainly
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:10 AM
Oct 2020

would. Somehow I doubt all that many respond to emailed/online surveys either.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
4. I read one theory that covid has convinced many young people that government in our lives may be...
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:14 AM
Oct 2020

...not so bad...

Of course Donald Trump perpetually behaving like every abrasive old asshole you've ever met probably helps some here too.

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