Bernie Holds Double-Digit Lead Over 2020 Rivals Among Young Democratic Voters: Poll

[Uncle Joe]

A new national poll of young Democratic voters released Monday shows Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the crowded 2020 field with a double-digit lead over the second most popular candidate, Joe Biden.

According to the survey by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Harvard Kennedy School, the U.S. senator from Vermont is preferred by 31 percent of likely Democratic primary voters between the ages of 18 and 29 years old.

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"Proving that young voters see more than age, it's notable that the candidates with the most experience in government service are leading a diverse field at this early stage in the process," said John Della Volpe, IOP's director of polling.

"Compared to this point in the last presidential cycle," he added, "young Democratic voters are more engaged and likely to have an even greater impact in choosing their party's nominee."



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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/01/bernie-holds-double-digit-lead-over-2020-rivals-among-young-democratic-voters-poll

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Wow. Look at how Biden is doing among younger females. That's a great number!

I'm assuming it's within the MOE - or close to it. Not bad - especially when you compare it to 2016's numbers for Bernie.

In this poll, Bernie led Clinton 68-26 among voters under 24.

https://mic.com/articles/132370/bernie-sanders-is-crushing-it-among-young-voters-a-new-poll-shows#.fETX4Ysez

That could prove problematic for Bernie since I'm not sure where is next built-in advantage will be against Biden. Certainly not minority voters or even working class voters.

[BlueWI]

10. Everything is problematic for Bernie!

Think of how problematic it would be if he were behind Biden!

What other problems can we cite for Bernie???

Ok, true - plenty of other threads for that.

[qazplm135]

2. of course the next two add up to 27

and aren't really progressives. So looks to me like a third or so wanting a strong progressive, a third or so just fine with a moderate, and a third or so spread out all over the place.

Not really an indication that Sanders is on the way to victory...particularly since younger voters are still the smallest block of voters historically when sorting by age.

[pnwmom]

3. Is this significantly different than last time? The problem was they didn't have high turnout. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

4. I view the demographic as a snowball rolling down a mountain side, progressively increasing

in size, turnout and impact.

Of course this is early in the marathon race insofar as polls are concerned but having said that I view Bernie's strong support among younger generations with a little more staying power credence as this isn't new.

[workinclasszero]

14. I like your view

[Drunken Irishman]

5. Yes. Sanders is doing much worse among younger voters...

Last time, he led Hillary by 42 points among voters 24 years and younger...

https://mic.com/articles/132370/bernie-sanders-is-crushing-it-among-young-voters-a-new-poll-shows#.fETX4Ysez

[pnwmom]

7. Thanks. Well, I guess this time the anti-Hillary people have lots of choices. n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

8. Or this generation of younger voters aren't feelin' the Bern.

Maybe because they've experienced Trump enough to know what's at stake.

[Uncle Joe]

9. They have more choices and and Bernie's message to one degree or another has been adopoted

by other candidates that are running.

[namahage]

12. So no matter who wins, Bernie wins? n/t

[Uncle Joe]

13. That all depends on whether the winning candidate goes on to win the G.E.

and whether they're successful in implementing said progressive policies.

[corbettkroehler]

17. T H A N K Y O U !

[SHRED]

6. I can't abide

His top staff hires from Sirota on down just turned me right off...completely.

[Squinch]

11. "The sample to be calibrated was provided by non-probability, opt-in web panel sample."

YAAAY! Another self-selecting internet poll of Bernie supporters supports Bernie!

I'm totally convinced.

[Uncle Joe]

15. Which demographic grew up with the Internet in school and is most likely to opt in?

[Squinch]

16. Lol!

[corbettkroehler]

18. Hate Harvard Much?