Donald Trump is on track to lose young voters in numbers never before seen in modern American history, a USA Today/Rock the Vote poll has found. Millennials have apparently rallied around Hillary Clinton, despite Trump's boasts that Bernie Sanders' supporters would come to his side after the Vermont senator's unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination.
The USA Today poll shows Clinton defeating Trump 56 percent to 20 percent with voters under 35 — a significant number, as millennials now outnumber Baby Boomers. Assuming Democrats win young voters by double-digit numbers this fall, it will be the first time a single party has done so in three elections in a row since such data became available in 1952. "That could shape the political affiliations of the largest generation in American history for years to follow," USA Today notes.
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The millennials survey reached 1,539 adults between 18 and 34, and was taken by Ipsos Public Affairs between Aug. 5 and 10. The margin of error was 4.6 percent. You can read more about the results, including breakdowns of the numbers, at USA Today.
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