CNN analyst Van Jones argued that President Joe Biden has not yet secured the support of young voters ahead of the 2024 election, which is partially due to the “miserable” economic prospects these people are facing.
Jones had been asked about recent polling data that found former President Donald Trump ahead of Biden among voters ages 18–29, with the former president at 46% and Biden at 43%. Trump is also just behind Biden among Hispanic voters by only 3 percentage points in the poll, with Jones suggesting that the new data should be “a wake-up call” ahead of the election.
“Young people are upset, and it’s not just the situation in Gaza,” Jones said. “The economic prospects for young people are miserable. And that‘s been building under Obama. It’s been building under Trump. It’s building under Biden. We just do not have a pathway for young people to be able to pay off their student debt, get a house, people are looking at this AI wave and are worried about what job, what career path, and so that pain has to be spoken to directly and specifically.”
Jones added that six months ahead of the election, yo …