Seperating race by rural/suburban/urban would be interesting, I’m 80% sure suburban Asian is more R than suburban white
Junkley on
Lumping all independents together is kind of misleading tbh.
Libertarians and Socialists/Greens are on opposite ends of the spectrum and are lumped together in the same category as this chart.
frolix42 on
A little wierd that 18-24 is slightly more Republican than 25-29 💁♂️
Botryoid2000 on
The college student/college degree numbers are what is behind the Republicans’ attack on education.
TheUxDeluxe on
One of my “favorite,” (if you can call it that) things about politics is that the closer or more contact you have with other human beings, the more progressive you are.
We get so lost putting people in buckets of race income class education etc etc etc, when the simple question of “how proximal are you to other human beings” is perhaps one of the most significant
Hopeful_Butterfly302 on
The sad part? America’s youth dont vote.
echobaseball1 on
How did the Republicans win if so many young Americans are democratic
It is interesting that younger kids are more conservative. I spend time with a lot of tweens and it is crazy how conservative they and their friends are. Especially for the boys, what they hear in school is very female-focused and liberal and the content that they watch in their spare time is very manosphere-focused and right wing. There is such a dichotomy in the content that they consume.
Humblebee89 on
The rural number is very interesting to me. I grew up in a small town in Ohio and it felt like absolutely everyone was republican. Although I am a little older than the range.
Alexis_J_M on
This is why they are attacking the universities.
AstralCode714 on
Not surprising. Democrats are the no-fun party.
At least that’s what my nephew said
AkimahenkaCat on
Oh yeah? How about how many show up to vote in every local, state and federal election?
wood-is-good on
9% for young blacks is absolutely wild
EifertGreenLazor on
The question is are these all people who can vote. You can identify with something, but not be allowed to participate.
You all are focused on the college/no college while the main relevant thing that barely ever gets addressed is the Urban/Rural divide.
sxhnunkpunktuation on
These are all the youth attitudes that’re known to Harvahd
There may be many others but they haven’t been discovahd
aloomis16 on
All this to say:
– Independents seem to vote R more than D when given the choice between those 2
– Young people don’t vote as much as older demographics
Anything new to learn from this?
MakeYourTime_ on
A lot of blue on that graph and yet… *gestures broadly @ USA*
LibertyMakesGooder on
Did they not poll for Libertarians and Greens?
Appropriate_Half4463 on
Source? Because with so much of the country identifying as independent, I’d be very surprised for such small shares of this demographic to identify as independent.
Here’s pew, where as of 2017 millennials identified 44% as independent, where each younger demographic had larger shares of independent identification.
Did you write who they voted for, or were likely to vote for, as their party identification? Those are two different things. Here’s the party identification from the poll you wrote as source;
18 to 25 35% independent, 25 to 29 34% independent.
Provide an edit please, because as it is now, this post is grossly inaccurate.
Starkiller_303 on
It really sucks us young Americans are so bad at getting out to vote.
Yearlaren on
Hispanic should be below Mixed race because it’s not a race
Cobberdude on
haha, this is so clearly off.
Thirdstringreddit on
Today I learned I’m no longer considered a youth.
AstroGoose5 on
As long as American youth continue supporting the duopoly, nothing will improve and the corruption will continue unchecked
Evening_Top on
Now show us what happens when people grow up 😂😂😂😂😂
microwavey321 on
Absolutely no cohorts are R majority yet R’s control the government.
People need to get off their couch and start voting.
punarob on
Dipshits didn’t bother voting and got the exact future they couldn’t be bothered to prevent. Glad I’m old.
Less-Cartographer529 on
Dang another reminder I am no longer a youth
berowe on
You can count the no answers as trumpists who are too cowardly to admit they vote like idiots.
mozzarellaguy on
I met years ago a couple from Texas very lovely in my country Italia. They talked to me about this “being independent”.
They told me that in Austin , all the married women didn’t wanna be judged or feel ashamed for voting republican so they just said to be “independent”.
Is it true?? Is it what independent means? Can someone explain to me better?
![[OC] Party identification of American youth](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/xb0f8h20jeve1-834x1024.png "[OC] Party identification of American youth")
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Source: [Harvard Youth Poll](https://iop.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/2024-10/Harvard%20IOP%20Youth%20Fall%20Poll_Wave%202_Crosstabs.xlsx)
Tools: [Datawrapper](https://www.datawrapper.de/)
Tbh this should terrify the left.
Seperating race by rural/suburban/urban would be interesting, I’m 80% sure suburban Asian is more R than suburban white
Lumping all independents together is kind of misleading tbh.
Libertarians and Socialists/Greens are on opposite ends of the spectrum and are lumped together in the same category as this chart.
A little wierd that 18-24 is slightly more Republican than 25-29 💁♂️
The college student/college degree numbers are what is behind the Republicans’ attack on education.
One of my “favorite,” (if you can call it that) things about politics is that the closer or more contact you have with other human beings, the more progressive you are.
We get so lost putting people in buckets of race income class education etc etc etc, when the simple question of “how proximal are you to other human beings” is perhaps one of the most significant
The sad part? America’s youth dont vote.
How did the Republicans win if so many young Americans are democratic
Who cares. They don’t vote.
Wonder what the admins problem is with colleges?
https://preview.redd.it/3d6pa1o4peve1.png?width=759&format=png&auto=webp&s=14e88e973e19b0dee69fdb43fca2194598532273
It is interesting that younger kids are more conservative. I spend time with a lot of tweens and it is crazy how conservative they and their friends are. Especially for the boys, what they hear in school is very female-focused and liberal and the content that they watch in their spare time is very manosphere-focused and right wing. There is such a dichotomy in the content that they consume.
The rural number is very interesting to me. I grew up in a small town in Ohio and it felt like absolutely everyone was republican. Although I am a little older than the range.
This is why they are attacking the universities.
Not surprising. Democrats are the no-fun party.
At least that’s what my nephew said
Oh yeah? How about how many show up to vote in every local, state and federal election?
9% for young blacks is absolutely wild
The question is are these all people who can vote. You can identify with something, but not be allowed to participate.
[More information about the poll.](https://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/49th-edition-fall-2024)
You all are focused on the college/no college while the main relevant thing that barely ever gets addressed is the Urban/Rural divide.
These are all the youth attitudes that’re known to Harvahd
There may be many others but they haven’t been discovahd
All this to say:
– Independents seem to vote R more than D when given the choice between those 2
– Young people don’t vote as much as older demographics
Anything new to learn from this?
A lot of blue on that graph and yet… *gestures broadly @ USA*
Did they not poll for Libertarians and Greens?
Source? Because with so much of the country identifying as independent, I’d be very surprised for such small shares of this demographic to identify as independent.
Here’s pew, where as of 2017 millennials identified 44% as independent, where each younger demographic had larger shares of independent identification.
[https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/03/20/1-trends-in-party-affiliation-among-demographic-groups/](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/03/20/1-trends-in-party-affiliation-among-demographic-groups/)
Edit: Found your source;
Did you write who they voted for, or were likely to vote for, as their party identification? Those are two different things. Here’s the party identification from the poll you wrote as source;
18 to 25 35% independent, 25 to 29 34% independent.
Provide an edit please, because as it is now, this post is grossly inaccurate.
It really sucks us young Americans are so bad at getting out to vote.
Hispanic should be below Mixed race because it’s not a race
haha, this is so clearly off.
Today I learned I’m no longer considered a youth.
As long as American youth continue supporting the duopoly, nothing will improve and the corruption will continue unchecked
Now show us what happens when people grow up 😂😂😂😂😂
Absolutely no cohorts are R majority yet R’s control the government.
People need to get off their couch and start voting.
Dipshits didn’t bother voting and got the exact future they couldn’t be bothered to prevent. Glad I’m old.
Dang another reminder I am no longer a youth
You can count the no answers as trumpists who are too cowardly to admit they vote like idiots.
I met years ago a couple from Texas very lovely in my country Italia. They talked to me about this “being independent”.
They told me that in Austin , all the married women didn’t wanna be judged or feel ashamed for voting republican so they just said to be “independent”.
Is it true?? Is it what independent means? Can someone explain to me better?