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.

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[–] 189 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Hopefully they actually vote.

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  • [–] 56 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    A lot of them are way more motivated than millennials or gen X

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  • [–] 61 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    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?)

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Threaten to use their slang, knowing that no matter how you use it, you'll use it incorrectly?

    "If you don't go vote, you're a skibidi!"

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    Historically, they are the largest group and have the lowest turn out.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    What? Gen Z is largely people who have never voted. The ages range from 12 to 27.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Gen Z is way more motivated than the previous generations though. It's really a shame that gen alpha can't vote yet.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago

    If they show up. Have done phone-banking. Hard to beat apathy.

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  • [+] 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    She can’t compete with Trump’s lead amongst the stupids though

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well this didn't age well.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago

    Definitely not. I hope the younger generations learn their lesson and learn to to actually show up to vote if they get the chance to vote again. I'm not holding my breath.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Sounds cute, but in the US electoral system having a "massive lead" among a state's {subset} of {subset} matters exactly zero. All that matters is having the lead in the whole state proper.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    They didn't vote

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