Daily Kos: America's young voters mostly love Biden and despise Trump. A good sign for the future
By KERRY ELEVELD
President Joe Biden is getting props among youth voters aged 18-29, according to the Harvard Youth Poll released late last week. Biden garners a 59% job approval overall from young Americans, but among college voters, Biden's 63% approval rating is the highest recorded in the 21-year history of the survey. In 2003, George W. Bush notched a 61% approval rating with college voters, and Barack Obama received a 57% approval among college voters in 2016.
Biden's high marks are a notable reversal from the 34% approval he received from youth voters in last year's Harvard Youth Poll, which was conducted in March while the Democratic primary was still ongoing. In fact, Biden's favorables are so high among young Democratic voters, now at 85%, that they rival those of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who enjoys a 75% favorability rating with Democratic youth voters.