Typically the age group for young voters is 18 to 29 years old. Other age groupings are 30-44, 35-64, and 65 and above years old.
Alarm bells are being sounded in August 2023 about the weakening of support by young voters of [[Democrat]]s. In "Democrats worry young people souring on party," [[Harvard]] experts explain a shift in young voters away from [[Dem]]s, which could make it unlikely that Dems retain the [[White House]].<ref name="Hill">https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4138154-democrats-worry-young-people-souring-on-party/</ref> TheHill article continued:{{cquote|In 2019, 39 percent of respondents in the Harvard Youth Poll reported identifying as Democrat — and the figure fell slightly to 35 percent this spring. The share of youth voters identifying as independents or “unaffiliated with a major party,” on the other hand, climbed from 36 percent in 2019 to 40 percent this year. The share of youth voters identifying as Republican saw a statistically insignificant shift from 23 percent to 24 percent.<ref name="Hill"/>}}
== Background ==