BOSTON — A research poll out of Harvard held several stark warnings for politicians: The youngest voting bloc in the country isn’t the least bit impressed with either party’s messaging and they intend to vote about it.
“I’m not sure there is great news in here for either party. For Democrats or Republicans I don’t think there is a lot to be happy about quite honestly,” John Della Volpe, director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics said during a virtual release of the polling data Monday.
Conducted biannually by students enrolled at the Cambridge college, this spring’s Harvard Youth Poll engaged 2,024 adults under 30 across all 50 states, Volpe said. The poll examined two major ideas — will young people vote and how do they feel about President Joe Biden — and asked about four specific areas of life important to young voters.
