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Young voters’ enthusiasm for Part of historical building

Democrats waned during midterms in city center to be

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Voters wait in line at a polling place at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in Austin,
Texas, on election night Nov. 8, 2022.
Associated Press History of development
By WILL WEISSERT and HANNAH FINGERHUT term expectations, holding the Senate has big impact on Aruba’s
Associated Press and surrendering only a small Republi-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Young voters who can House majority. The president himself vegetation
have been critical to Democratic suc- hailed young voter turnout as “historic.”
cesses in recent elections showed signs in Still, the trend line for younger voters may
November’s midterms that their enthusi- be an early indicator of the Democrats’
asm may be waning, a potential warning challenge to maintain the coalition of
sign for a party that will need their strong Black people, women, college-educated
backing heading into the 2024 presiden- voters, city dwellers and suburbanites that
tial race. Voters under 30 went 53% for has buoyed the party in the years since
Democratic House candidates compared Trump won the White House.
with only 41% for Republican candidates Weakness in any part of that voting bloc
nationwide, according to AP VoteCast, could have implications during the next
a sweeping national survey of the elec- presidential race. Biden, who will be a few
torate. But that level of support for Dem- weeks shy of his 82nd birthday on Election
ocrats was down compared with 2020, Day 2024, says he intends to run again.
when such voters supported President Joe Trump, 76, has already announced his
Biden over his predecessor, Donald Trump, candidacy.”There might have been re-
61% to 36%. And in 2018, when Democrats trenchment in youth voters,” said Michael
used a midterm surge to retake control of McDonald, a political science professor at
the House, voters 18 to 29 went 64% for the the University of Florida and an expert on
party compared with 34% for the GOP. voting and data. Page 7
Biden’s party nonetheless exceeded mid- Continued on Page 2