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Democrats Should Be Worried About the Youth Vote
To keep control of Congress, the party needs all the young voters it can get, but so far in early voting, they’re not showing up the way they did in 2018.
An extremely young voter.
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T-minus-4 days to Election Day, and it’s all about turnout. And in a Democratic Party that’s already anxious, fickle younger voters are causing stress levels to climb even higher.
The numbers that worry Democrats are those for early voting, which is down among younger voters. And since young people — those between the ages of 18 and 29 — favor Democratic control of Congress by 57% to 31%, getting them to the polls next Tuesday will be crucial for Democrats.