Democracy Corps BattleGround Poll - Youth Breakout
I dont' have time for analysis. I'm about to run out the door to that DMI event, but here's the youth breakout from Democracy Corps' latest Battleground Survey. (pdf) I'm sure Young Voter Strategies will have a good analysis soon enough, and I'll link to that when it goes up.
Partisan Preference & Vote Choice
“Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a Democrat, a Republican or what?”
| Democrat | Republican | Independent | Democrat + Ind Leaning D | Republican + Ind leaning R | Independent, no lean | |
| 18-29 | 47% | 20% | 30% | 58% | 38% | 2% |
| All Ages | 37% | 35% | 27% | 48% | 45% | 6% |
“I know it is a long way off, but thinking about the election in 2008, if the election for president were held today, for whom would you vote -- the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate?”
| Democrat | Republican | |
| 18-29 | 60% | 34% |
| All ages | 49% | 40% |
“Thinking about the election for Congress in 2008, if the election for U.S. Congress were held today, would you be voting for (Democratic incumbent/candidate) or (Republican incumbent/candidate)?”
| Democrat | Republican | |
| 18-29 | 59% | 34% |
| All ages | 50% | 41% |
Top Issues
“Now, I am going to read you a list of concerns that people have. Please tell me which ONE of these you think the President and Congress should be paying the most attention to.”
| War in Iraq | Terrorism/ Ntl Security | Illegal Immigration | Energy & Gas Prices | Health Care | Economy & Jobs | |
| 18-29 | 21% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| All ages | 27% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 11% | 8% |
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