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- According to Pew Research, Millennials make up the largest share of eligible voters in the country and they are more left-leaning than older generations. Bernie Sanders had captured a large bloc of young voters in the Democratic primary race, but now, in what is effectively a two-person presidential race, it appears many of those voters are getting on board with Biden. “I’m a Democrat and I can’t say that I agree with even half of the things that Biden as a person agrees with, but when you put Biden next to Donald, I think I would definitely choose Biden over Trump,” said Isaac Johnson II, a 23-year-old student
from Fredericksburg, Va.
- Voter sentiment is being driven, in part, by protests in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, on May 25. In a survey of young voters, four-fifths of respondents supported recent racial-justice protests and nearly two-thirds of 18-to-29-year-olds surveyed said they disapproved of the president’s handling of the demonstrations.
- More young people are supporting Biden, but it doesn’t mean they’re on board with all of his policies. Many young protestors interviewed by The Wall Street Journal said they aren’t satisfied with Mr. Biden’s plans to address racial bias, especially his opposition to defunding police departments. “It makes it harder to want to vote for him,” Yazmeen Flores, a 22-year-old who protested in Los Angeles in June, said of Mr. Biden’s refusal to back defunding calls.
Read the original article by Eliza Collins, Emily Glazer and Tarini Parti here.
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