Young Voters Moving Left

Of those registered to vote, 76 percent of millennials say they plan to vote in the 2014 midterm elections. Fifty-three percent of registered millennials tell conservative pollsters Reason-Rupe they plan to vote for the Democratic congressional candidate in their district this November, while 29 percent intend to vote for the Republican

According to Conservative pollsters Reason-Rupe, 39 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds surveyed said they would vote for Clinton, For the GOP, Rep. Paul Ryan was the first pick, chosen by 6 percent of those polled. 

Things look better for Democrats in 2016, however. When asked to select their top choice for president in 2016, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the top choice of 39 percent of registered millennial votersthe top Republican, Rep. Paul Ryan (6 percent). Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. Rand Paul were each the top choice of 5 percent of registered millennial voters.


READ FULL REPORT HERE

• Read the full report here
• Read the toplines here
• 10 Findings About the Millennial Generation, found here
• Read detailed tables/crosstabs of the results here
• Survey methodology described here