What Matters Most to Young Trump and Clinton Voters?

AS IT IS 2016-07-20 What Matters Most to Young Trump¹ and Clinton Voters?

Young supporters of Republican Donald Trump or Democrat² Hillary Clinton agree improving the economy is a major issue.

But young supporters of the two main presidential candidates disagree about the remaining top issues. That is what a new poll by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University found.

The poll suggested young Americans supporting Trump consider the spread of terrorism and dealing³ with immigration as two of the main issues.

Supporters of Clinton consider reducing inequality and uniting the country as two of their top issues.

Harvard released the poll Monday to mark the start of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

On Thursday, Trump, a wealthy businessman, is expected to accept the Republican nomination⁴ for president. Democrats⁵ are expected to nominate Clinton, the former secretary of state, next week at their convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Harvard University poll questioned 1,000 Americans aged⁶ 18-29 years old.

Young people in that generation are known as Millennials and they are important to the future of the country, say polling experts.

John Della Volpe is director of polling at the Institute of Politics.

He said leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties are risking the loss of involvement of young voters. He said the parties need to respond to the interests and concerns of Millennials.

If they do not respond to young voters, either in election years or when then there is no election, Della Volpe said: “There is every chance that we will lose their participation⁷ in politics and their support of government.”

That could “paralyze American progress,” he said.

Another poll found 59 percent of Americans are exhausted⁸, or very tired, by all the news coverage⁹ of the presidential election. A smaller percentage, 39 percent, said they like getting a lot of coverage.

That information comes from the Pew Research Center.

What election stories are Americans the most tired of?

According to Pew, 44 percent of voters said they are tired of stories reporting on candidates’ comments as they campaign. A similar percentage of voters are tired of stories about candidates’ personal lives. Thirty-seven percent do not like stories that tell them who is leading in the polls.

But a very small percentage, 15 percent or less, are tired of stories about candidates’ experience and their stands on the issues.

Words in This Story

poll -- n. an activity in which several or many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to get information about what most people think about something

respond -- v. to say or write something as an answer to a question or request

paralyze -- v. to make someone or something unable to function, act, or move

exhausted -- v. very tired

coverage -- n. news about an event or group

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

5 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

7 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

8 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

9 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。