According to the AP VoteCast, a comprehensive national survey of voters, 53% of voters under the age of 30 chose the Democratic House candidate, compared to just 41% of Republican candidates nationwide. But support for Democrats is down from 2020, with voters supporting President Joe Biden 61% to 36% more than his predecessor, Donald Trump.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said voters edged just above her 2020 margin in her under-45 deficit state, winning her second term at 52% to Biden’s 45%. won the Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer also comfortably secured re-election, albeit with 61% of voters under 45 in the state in 2022, slightly higher than Biden’s 54% in 2020.
VoteCast found that about half of young voters in some of the most competitive states said the egg flip had a significant impact on voter turnout. In Michigan, where an amendment to protect the state’s constitutional protections for abortion rights was passed on election day, about half of voters under 45 said they were “angry” at Mr. Low’s ouster. A VoteCast survey found that 36% of voters under 45 identified themselves as Progressive Democrats, compared to 20% of those under 45. Also, younger voters, especially those under the age of 30, are more likely to say that immigrants are doing more good than harming the United States and that racism is a very serious problem in this country. was also shown to be particularly high.
It was true in Arizona, where Democrats won the Senate and gubernatorial race, and in Wisconsin, where Republican Senator Ron Johnson was re-elected but Republicans won the gubernatorial race. And in Georgia with a Republican governor, Brian Kemp was re-elected, but Democratic Senator Rafael Warnock secured a second term in the runoff.
While there appears to be a gap in enthusiasm among young voters, David Jackson, a professor at Bowling Green State University, has conducted research that has focused on the relationship between entertainment and political preferences, calling it a “politics that excludes celebrities.” It’s too early to say we’ve left.” “. He noted that his J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, was elected to the U.S. Senate from Ohio last month.