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.

  • @fine_sandy_bottom
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    246 hours ago

    “This revelation just in, young academics tend to be progressive!”

      • Beacon
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        498 hours 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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            56 hours ago

            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.

              • @CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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                54 hours 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.

  • @Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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    117 hours 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.