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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alaina Demopoulos

How Gen Z agencies wooed Democratic voters: ‘Young people are nervous to trust politicians’

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People cheer as Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Photograph: Patrick Semansky/AP

Democrats avoided a predicted “red wave”, and they have Gen Z to thank. Tuesday night’s big wins can largely be attributed to young voters, who showed up en masse and overwhelmingly voted blue.

Exit voting polls found that one in eight midterm voters were under 30, and 61% of those between the ages of 18 and 34 voted for Democrats. The results pushed the Fox News pundits Jesse Watters and Laura Ingram to suggest that the legal voting age should be increased to 21.

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