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Young and College-Educated Voters Played Key Roles in Democratic Wins on Tuesday

November 13, 2018 / PSU-AAUP

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Cailin Crowe and Audrey Williams June

November 7, 2018

In the wake of midterm elections on Tuesday that generated record levels of early-voter turnout, exit polls and other data have made clear the role that young people, college students, and college-educated adults played in who was elected — and who wasn’t.

Democrats found broad support among younger voters, who favored Democratic House candidates over Republican ones, according to a CNN exit poll. In fact, two out of three voters age 18 to 29 cast ballots for Democrats.

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