With 53 percent of 18-24 year olds living back at home with their parents, it should come as no surprise that support among the young for Obama has fallen. Young voters between ages 18 and 29 have been among the groups hit hardest by the recession, with 12.7 percent unemployed and nearly a third underemployed. Support for Obama in this group has fallen from 49 percent to just 41%, a blow to a group that was important to the President’s 2008 win.
Financially, we’re not better off, says the US Census. Especially young workers.
September 12, 2012 by Daniel Burton
Filed Under: The Economy Tagged With: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, economy, Mitt Romney, Obama, Poverty, Salt Lake Tribune, Unemployment, United States, Utah, White House, young workers
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