Hillary Clinton is widely disliked by younger voters. They’re not necessarily moving to Donald Trump, but they may just stay home.
BY DAVID LIGHTMAN
STATE COLLEGE, PA.
Students all over Penn State University agree on this much about Hillary Clinton: “She’s slimy,” said Anay Pope.
And Pope, 25, is a Clinton supporter. For the moment.
Clinton’s poll numbers are sagging, and the biggest reason is that she’s plunging among young voters. A Quinnipiac University poll this month found that in a four-way race, Clinton is up 5 points nationally with 18- to 34-year-old voters, down from a 24-point lead just a month before.
Just days ahead of the first debate Monday and less than two months before voting ends, interviews with more than 30 young voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania underscore her two challenges: Many young voters are taking serious looks at Donald Trump as well as Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein. And many are debating whether they even want to vote this year.
