A new poll of younger voters reveals that they strongly back President Joe Biden and the Democratic congressional majority, while more than two-thirds of them disapprove of congressional Republicans.
For 21 years, the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School has surveyed young Americans through its Harvard Youth Poll. The results of its spring 2021 poll, released Friday, reveal adults under age 30 “overwhelmingly approve of the job President Biden is doing, favor progressive policies, and have faith in their fellow Americans.”
Three-fifths of voters aged 18-29 approve of Biden’s overall job performance, 59 percent to 38 percent — slightly higher even than President Barack Obama’s numbers in the institute’s 2009 poll. Continue reading.