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Biden seizes on student debt relief amid worries about young voters

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Although many older Americans are also saddled with student debt, the issue is top of mind for younger voters already anxious about coming of age in a fraught economy.
55% : A new NPR/NewsHour/Marist Poll released last week found former President Trump up 2 points over Biden among millennial and Generation Z Americans -- an age group frustrated with economic strains and stressed about student debt. Leaning in on student debt relief could help boost Biden's standing with the key demographic, "where he could use some shoring up of his support," said Morley Winograd, a former senior policy adviser to Al Gore and the author of multiple books on millennials.
51% : Canceling student loan debt is most important to Gen Z and young millennial voters compared with older generations, according to Della Volpe -- and most important to Black and Hispanic voters, compared with white, non-Hispanic voters.
51% : But at the same time, Weindling cautioned that the administration shouldn't assume this step on student debt relief outweighs other concerns young voters have about who's in the White House.
46% : The analysis also found that a majority of all voters think forgiving student debt will help strengthen the American economy.
45% : To that end, resurging and underscoring the administration's efforts toward student debt relief could be a step in the right direction when it comes to reaching and energizing young voters.
45% : An analysis released Monday by John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Institute of Politics, noted that government action on student debt has broad backing, with majority support even among voters who have already paid off their loans or don't have debt themselves.
24% : " Biden isn't in danger of losing the youth voter cohort altogether in 2024, and despite some recent polling, experts are skeptical that young Americans would flock to Trump instead -- but there's a real risk that significant portions of the cohort sit out or turn to a third party.

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