New polling from Pew Research shows Republicans leading among voters aged 18 to 29, just months before the presidential election.
Young people appear to be flocking to the Republican Party, according to the figures in a new poll from the Pew Research Center that surveyed Americans‘ party affiliation.
The National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS) published by Pew Research on Tuesday has drawn significant attention from analysts because it shows the GOP leading among those under 30.
There are just four months until the presidential election where former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, is hoping to defeat President Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate.
The NPORS found that, among all respondents, 47 percent said they were Republican or leaned Republican, while 46 percent said they were Democrats or leaned toward the Democrats.
The poll was conducted from February 1 to June 10 among 5,626 U.S. adults.
Analysts were quick to point to the detailed figures regarding party affiliation among young people.
„By subgroup, the headline is age“, The New York Times‘ chief political analyst Nate Cohn wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
„NPORS found the GOP ahead on leaned party ID among 18 to 29 year olds, even though the sample was Biden+20 on 2020 recall vote.
