Young voters overwhelmingly say they would support President Biden over former President Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up if the 2024 presidential election were held today, according to a poll released Wednesday.

In the Economist/YouGov poll — conducted via web-based interviews Dec. 16-18 — more than half (53 percent) of registered voters under 30 said they would support Biden, and less than a quarter (24 percent) said they would support Trump.

Another 10 percent said they would support another candidate, 4 percent said they were not sure, and 9 percent said they wouldn’t vote.

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    11 months ago

    One day it’s an article saying young voters are abandonning Biden, next day it’s one saying they overwhelmingly support him.

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      11 months ago

      In what universe is 53% (against a fascist malignant narcissist manchild, no less!) overwhelming support?

      Certainly not this one.

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      11 months ago

      No one on the planet is overwhelming supporting him. The only question if if Trump is scarier. There is no sane reason why DNC won’t put forward a better candidate. Why would Biden cling to power and senility instead of bowing out for health reasons. It’s Ruth Bader all over again.

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        11 months ago

        There are extremely good reasons for the DNC to go with Biden: he has already beaten Trump once, and incumbents tend to do well

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          11 months ago

          he has already beaten Trump once

          Barely. With the awfulness that was Trump’s presidency still happening. The voters have ridiculously short memories and Biden’s main campaign strategy of running as “not the other guy” isn’t anywhere near as effective for an incumbent as for a challenger.

          By insisting on Biden, the DNC is dramatically increasing the risk of losing the election and thereby making it the last one.