GOP Struggled With Voters 18-29 in 2022 Election Over Abortion, Gun Rights, Climate Change
The Republican Party struggled with young voters ages 18-29 in the 2022 midterm election, largely due to issues such as abortion, gun rights, and climate change, according to an analysis from Look Ahead Strategies.
CNN found that House Democratic candidates “won voters under 30 by 28 points,” which was a two-point increase over the 2020 election data for that age group.
Republicans made economic issues the centerpiece of their campaigns, emphasizing that the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress have approved almost $5 trillion in deficit spending. The national debt — now more than $31 trillion — continues its rise to new historic levels, and it could lead to “higher taxes and lower earnings from future generations,” according to the analysis.
Despite sluggish economic growth, record inflation, a declining stock market, rising home prices and soaring debt, however, Democrats were still able to outperform the GOP with young voters.
According to the election data contained in the analysis, voters under 30 were attracted to the Democratic Party’s positions on abortion, climate change and gun rights. Edison exit polls showed that young female and male voters overwhelmingly supported legal abortions, with almost 50% of those voters citing abortion as their top voting issue…..
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