Exclusive poll: Young Americans swipe left on Trump voters
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Politics is spilling into dating as young people say how someone else votes will affect their feelings.
Why it matters: The consequences are steeper for those supporting former President Trump.
By the numbers: 43% of people between the ages of 18 and 34 say they’d have a more negative view of a date if told they voted for Trump, according to a new Generation Lab poll.
- 17% say they’d have a more positive view, and 40% say the information would make no difference.
The other side: 19% say they’d have a negative view of a date who voted for Vice President Harris. 32% say they’d view it positively, and 49% say they’d be indifferent.
Not voting at all seems to matter less in the dating game than voting for Trump.
- 28% say they’d have a negative view of someone who didn’t vote; 6% say they’d feel good about it; 65% say it would make no difference.
Between the lines: There’s a gender gap.
- Young women have been steadily moving left, and young men have moved right — and that's showing up here, too.
- 45% of young women say they’d have a negative view of a Trump voter, compared with 39% of young men. The shares saying they’d view it positively are close, at 18% among women and 17% among men,
- There’s a gender gap in positive feelings too, with 35% of young women saying they’d feel good about a Harris voter, compared with 28% of men.
Methodology: This poll was conducted Oct. 11-16, 2024 from a representative sample of 1,004 18 to 34-year-olds nationwide. The margin of error is ± 3.1 percentage points.
