63% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 say they will “definitely be voting” in the November election. Compare that to the 47% of young Americans who planned to vote ahead of 2016—and you'll see what a difference young voters could make.
The number of respondents age 18-24 who said they definitely planned to vote in 2020 was nearly identical to the poll's findings in 2008 , which turned out to be a watershed year for voter turnout that resulted in Barack Obama’s first term and Democratic control of the Senate and House.
The findings also echo the favorability Obama had in the 2008 poll, when 59% of young voters favored him; 60% of young voters in this year's poll favor Joe Biden. Enthusiasm is far higher for Donald Trump among his supporters, however: 44% of Trump voters are “very enthusiastic” about voting for him, as compared with only 30% of Biden voters about their candidate.
Youth voters have traditionally had low turnout—the 48.4% of 18-29 year olds who turned out in 2008 marked the highest percentage since 1984—but numbers have more recently been slightly increasing: 45% of 18-29 year old voted in 2012, 20% in 2014, 46.1% in
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