What’s most important to young voters

WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT TO YOUNG VOTERS. For the last decade, top Democratic politicians, most notably Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, have struggled to re-create the coalition of voters who elected Barack Obama twice. Minorities, women, and young people — Obama’s strong performance among those groups made it less urgent that he win the votes of white people who have voted solidly Republican over the last several decades. (Interesting fact: The last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the white vote was Lyndon Johnson in 1964.)

Now we have some new information about one part of the Obama coalition. The Kennedy School Institute of Politics has released its biannual Harvard Youth Poll, and it shines light on the priorities of voters aged 18-29 in the 2024 presidential election.

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