Millennials Would Rather Party With Donald Trump Than Joe Biden

Millennials would rather have former President Donald Trump as a party guest than host President Joe Biden, a new poll found.

An Emerson College poll released Friday shows that nearly 52 percent of voters under 30 would choose to invite Trump over Biden to a New Year's Eve party at their house. Comparably, 48 percent said they would entertain Biden instead.

The poll also found that Biden continues to trail Trump, 43 percent to 47 percent, in a troubling sign for the incumbent. Biden, however, did perform better in the other activity categories, including which candidate you'd rather have as a friend or neighbor, a boss, as your child's teacher and at Thanksgiving dinner.

It's the latest news Biden's received from young voters, who were crucial to his 2020 victory and whom he carried by 24 points nationally in the last election. A Harvard poll released earlier this week found that less than half of Americans aged 18 to 29 plan to vote in the next presidential election.

Newsweek reached out to the White House via email for comment.

Spencer Kimball, Executive Director of Emerson College Polling, noted that Biden's approval rating is particularly low among the youngest voters aged 18 to 24, with only 35 percent approving of the job he is doing as president. That figure climbs up to 41 percent among voters 25 to 29 years old.

Part of the reason why Biden has struggled among young voters is because of the economic headwinds that many Millennials face. The poll found the economy to remain the top issue for young voters, with 38 percent ranking it as their top issue, followed by 15 percent who said "threats to democracy." More than three-quarters said they believe their parents had better economic opportunities than their generation.

"The financial concerns and emotional strain among younger voters regarding the cost of living are influencing their perception of President Biden's leadership," Kimball said in a press release. "Some are losing confidence, not necessarily shifting to Trump, but exploring third-party options."

The survey found that 9 percent of young voters say they are undecided. When third-party candidates were added to a 2024 ballot, Biden's support dropped from 43 percent to 37 percent as 7 percent expressed support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while Cornel West and Jill Stein saw 1 percent support each.

Another startling revelation from the Emerson poll showed that while Trump would be the most popular GOP candidate among young Republicans, Biden sees lower support in the primaries among young Democrats. While the sitting president leads the pack with 63 percent among all voters, that support falls to 56 percent among those under 30.

On the other hand, Trump's advantage jumps from 63 percent among all voters to 73 percent among young Republicans.

"As younger Democrats distance themselves from Biden, Trump's formidable backing within the Republican primary is strongest among younger voters," Kimball said. "This presents a potential quandary for Biden, who secured a nearly 2-to-1 victory among young voters in the 2020 election."

The Emerson College Polling national survey was conducted December 4-6, 2023. The sample of registered voters, n=1,000, has a credibility interval, similar to a poll's margin of error, of +/- 3 percentage points.