It seems Kamala wasn’t truthful “brat” aft all.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ extended younker outreach grounded to materialize successful nan voting booth — arsenic nan usually solidly Democratic voting bloc came retired successful ample numbers for President-elect Donald Trump.
Among those successful nan coveted 18-29 property group, Harris hit Trump 55% to 42%, a separator of conscionable 13 points, according to estimates from exit polls conducted by Edison Research for nan National Election Pool.
This represents a important underperformance compared to President Joe Biden’s 2020 predetermination showing, successful which he took nan younker ballot by a sturdy 24%, besting Trump 60% to 36%.
Biden’s beardown support among younger voters played a cardinal domiciled successful propelling him to victory, peculiarly successful tight battleground authorities races.
The results flew successful nan look of nan Harvard Youth Poll released hardly 2 weeks ago, which had Harris starring nan erstwhile president by 20 points among nan 18-29 crowd — and 28 points among apt voters.
Overall, Trump gained 6% among Gen Z voters — those calved betwixt astir 1997 and 2012 — while Harris slid by 5%.
As of 2024, 41 cardinal Gen-Zers were eligible to vote.