Fretting about the youth vote is a Democratic pastime. This yr, there are apparent causes. On the high of the ticket, 81-year-old Joe Biden struggles to convey the vitality that his 78-year-old opponent musters. Pupil protesters chanting “Genocide Joe” blame Mr Biden for civilian struggling in Gaza. On TikTok, younger leftist influencers entice thousands and thousands of views for movies urging voters to reject him.
Tour faculty campuses, nevertheless, and you will discover loads of younger voters prepared—excited, even—to forged a poll for Mr Biden. “He has been essentially the most progressive president we’ve ever had,” raves Ian Moore, a 20-year-old pupil executive-board member of the College of Michigan’s School Democrats, an arm of the Democratic Nationwide Committee. “Yeah, he’s a little bit older, he’s rather less thrilling,” he acknowledges, “however he will get the job performed.”
