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

    He is, unfortunately for his polling, a chief executive that is more involved in production than brand loyalty or celebrity. He’s been in government so long he understands how things get done, what he has the power to move, and what he does not. Tilting at windmills is how you fire up a base but it achieves nothing in practical terms. He’s a tortoise in a world of hares.

    What surprises me is that the pollsters managed to find young voters. Anyone under 35 probably doesn’t answer their phone unless they know the number, and they don’t even have landlines to call from a published list. This was a web-based survey, which sounds rather self-selecting already.