February 27, 2007
Come On, All The Cool Kids Are Weighing In
Early polling of the '08 WH field indicates young adults still lean Dem, though "not by as large a margin" as they did in '06, according to a Young Voter Strategies analysis of recent Pew, Quinnipiac, RT Strategies and Lake-Tarrance/YVS polls.
Respondents ages 18-29 agree with all ages on the frontrunners -- Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards for the Dems; and Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in the GOP.
But in general election match-ups, younger voters show their color. Giuliani beats HRC, Obama and Edwards among all respondents, but loses to all three Dems among those ages 18-29. Young respondents also prefer all three Dem frontrunners to McCain, who beats HRC and Edwards and ties with Obama among all ages.
Obama "draws stronger support from young adults than from any other age group" among Dems by 11 points, while young adults appear "slightly more supportive" of McCain than GOPers at large.
We get Obama, but is McCainSpace really that popular?
Posted at 01:49 PM
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