Vice President Harris has a 50-point lead over former President Trump among two- and four-year college students in the seven swing states: Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada, according to a new Generation Lab poll.

Why it matters: It’s a commanding lead that could even swing the results in some of these key states, depending on turnout among this youngest contingent of voters.

      • Beacon
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        6017 days ago

        We’ll see. Gen Z - show us up in our dumb old faces. Are zoomers just the new boomers?

        (What other phrases can i use to goad more zoomers into actually going to the voting booth?)

          • Jesus
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            I believe the point they are making is that age range is historically tough to turn out. Progressives have been praying for the youth to turn out for decades.

            • @[email protected]
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              317 days ago

              Gen Z is way more motivated than the previous generations though. It’s really a shame that gen alpha can’t vote yet.

              • @[email protected]
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                917 days ago

                I hate to say this, but it seems like I’ve been hearing this for every “generation” since mine - gen x (even though they - mostly the boomers - called us slackers). I think it was being said for boomers, too.

                Question is - if they are “more motivated”, what are they motivated for? And if they are motivated for progress, are they going to vote or just posture on social media? While I sure hope it’s true that somehow this “generation” is different than all the others because of some magical inherent quality that no others had, I remain skeptical.

  • @BoobaAwooga
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    6217 days ago

    Not surprising. Young people tend to lean blue on top of the fact that being educated also tends towards dems.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      Definitely not. I hope the younger generations learn their lesson and learn to to actually show up to vote if they get the chance to vote again. I’m not holding my breath.

  • @[email protected]
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    1617 days ago

    Pennsylvania has more than 200 colleges or universities in the state. They range from giants like Penn State to small liberal arts colleges like Lebanon Valley. It is a sizable voting population. AOC campaigned at Penn State and a few other colleges.

  • @[email protected]
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    915 days ago

    Sounds cute, but in the US electoral system having a “massive lead” among a state’s {subset} of {subset} matters exactly zero. All that matters is having the lead in the whole state proper.