Young voters right now overwhelmingly prefer Biden: The Economist/YouGov poll

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Young voters right now overwhelmingly prefer Biden: The Economist/YouGov poll
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Young voters overwhelmingly say they would support President Biden over former President Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up if the 2024 presidential election were held today, according to a poll released Wednesday.

In the Economist/YouGov poll — conducted via web-based interviews Dec. 16-18 — more than half (53 percent) of registered voters under 30 said they would support Biden, and less than a quarter (24 percent) said they would support Trump.

Another 10 percent said they would support another candidate, 4 percent said they were not sure, and 9 percent said they wouldn’t vote.

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You aren't losing a finger, you're being forced to accept that your politics don't align with most of your fellow citizens.

Frederick Douglas couldn't even vote, but he worked for politicians who couldn't promise to end slavery.

Don't align with most of your fellow citizens that vote, specifically. And they're the only ones that count in this case.

Sounds like you think you can win the 2024 general election without our help then. Best of luck.

If you're petty enough to roll over and let fascism win, you were never someone who could be relied on anyway.

And yet, apparently the people who voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries are relying on our votes because he wouldn't have won the general without us.

Based on what you know about the GOP, what makes you think that there will even be an election in 2028 it they gain power in 2024?

I don't. Question is, why did the people who voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries think they could fuck us over and then turn around and expect our votes?

So, a fascist takeover and having elections banned is okay by you, because you're mad Biden voters didn't pick your choice?

Do you think you can win primary and general elections without their help? Petulance only begets petulance.

Petulance

Do you want our votes or not? This ain't the way to do it.

This entire thread is literally about how there aren't very many of "your votes"

Sounds like you think you don't need us to win the 2024 election then.

Go nuts man. I don't care at all how you vote

Alright then don't cry when you lose in 2024. And if there is another primary election in 2028 do your best not to vote for the most procorporate trash candidate yeah?

Joe Biden was my first choice in the 2020 primaries. Clinton was my first choice in 2016. Buttigieg will be my first choice in 2028, most likely.

See the thing is, im part of that majority, and I agree with them.

Why did you vote for Biden out of everybody else in the 2020 primaries?

I'm a big fan of Biden as a human being, and figured he'd do about the job he's currently doing given his skill at working in Congress.

His policies are generally, but not always, policies I agree with, so that clicked too.

Should I take that to mean:

  1. You weren't a fan of any of the other candidates as human beings?
  2. You figured they weren't up to the job?
  3. You didn't like their policies?

You need to be more specific here. These are really vague reasons.

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Exactly my point.

Awww is the Boomer upset that someone doesn't just do what they're told? Gonna throw a little fit and insist you're the grown up and therefore you make all the rules?

Typical.

I'm old but I'm not that old. I'm a tail end millennial.

I'm not trying to make the rules or insist I'm the grown up. I'm just trying to point out that animosity with necessary allies is a terrible idea, and it applies both directions. I think it's more important to win than it is to be proven right.

I’m just trying to point out that animosity with necessary allies

They're not allies though. The people who voted for Biden in the primaries did so specifically to fight progressive and leftist efforts. Ask anybody who voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries why they did it.

They are not allies and they're not hiding it. They're fighting us in the open.

I voted for Biden in the 2020 primaries AND I'm a progressive. I did so because I knew he had a better chance of winning over a broad group of voters that might have been turned off by populist loudmouths. Once the threat of fascism has subsided I will gladly vote third party, but for now we have coalitions to build and freedoms to protect.

I did so because I knew he had a better chance of winning over a broad group of voters that might have been turned off by populist loudmouths

Thanks for coming out and admitting it. You intentionally voted for Biden over progressives and leftists because they're progressives and leftists.

We are not on the same side.

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you're being forced to accept that your politics don't align with most of your fellow citizens.

I think younger people are being forced to accept their politics don’t align with most of their fellow citizens who vote and have money. Statistically this means older citizens.

If there’s anything good coming out of the last two presidential elections I think it’s that younger citizens are becoming more active and galvanizing them to vote and be heard.

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