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Eclectic Cyborg9/21/2020 7:41:07 am PDT

(via NPR) Young Americans favor Joe Biden over President Trump, according to a new survey, but Trump’s supporters appear more enthusiastic about that choice.

Sixty percent of likely voters under the age of 30 say they will vote for Biden, compared with 27% for Trump, according to a poll from the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics out Monday. But 56% of likely voters who support the president are “very enthusiastic” about voting for him, compared with 35% of likely voters who back the Democratic nominee when asked about their enthusiasm.

The survey didn’t ask if likely voters are enthusiastic about voting against a particular candidate.

As the coronavirus pandemic has upended all aspects of life, including the ways in which people participate in elections, the poll also found significant interest in voting among young Americans. Generation Z and millennial voters account for more than one-third of eligible voters this year.

Sixty-three percent of respondents said they will “definitely” be voting in November’s election. At the same time four years ago, slightly less than half (47%) of young Americans polled said they would definitely vote.

Gee, I can’t imagine why Biden voters wouldn’t be that enthusiastic except for that whole “Trump destroying the country in the middle of a Pandemic” thing…