Color them blue: Young adults increasingly more Democratic
Young adults have typically identified with the Democratic Party, but those ties have become stronger since 2006.
The Gallup Poll finds that 54% of 18-to-29-year-olds on average since 2006 have aligned themselves with Democrats compared with 36% who identify with the Republican Party.
From 1993-2003, the gap among young adults wasn’t as wide. Gallup’s analysis of its polls taken over the years finds that 47% of 18-to-29-year-olds, on average, identified with Democrats compared with 42% for Republicans.
President Obama dominated among young voters in the 2012 election, winning 60% of 18-to-29-year-olds compared with 37% for Mitt Romney, according to exit polls. Obama did even better in 2008, capturing 66% of voters under 30.
http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/03/28/young-adults-democratic-party-gallup-poll/
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