Overview

• The Spring 2025 Yale Youth Poll finds voters aged 18–21 favor Republicans by 11.7 points, while those aged 22–29 lean Democratic by 6.4 points.
• Vice President JD Vance is the most popular Republican figure among young voters, with a net favorability of +54 among Republicans under 30.
• President Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and Kamala Harris all hold negative favorability ratings among voters under 30, with Biden's at -19.5, the lowest of the three.
• Democrats face challenges with declining youth support, perceptions of elitism, and upcoming Senate retirements in Michigan, Minnesota, and New Hampshire.
• The poll surveyed 4,100 registered voters, including an oversample of 2,024 aged 18–29, with a margin of error of ±1.9 percentage points for the full sample.