Biden has clearly been struggling with nonwhite voters, and that's a huge problem for Democrats when you consider that four-in-ten Democrat voters are nonwhite.
While his lead has softened among black and Hispanic voters, it's his bleeding young voters that has to be most distressing for Democrats.
In swing states, which are the only states that matter in any presidential election, the vote tally in 2020 among voters under the age of 30 suggested a 23-point lead over Trump.
Biden just couldn't possibly be more of a square, and trotting out geriatric has-been actors to deliver cringy puns and yell at Trump supporters probably isn't helping, considering that 62% of young voters already have an unfavorable opinion of Biden himself.
Trump, on the other hand, appears to have something of a rebellious, countercultural appeal for younger voters.
Among voters under 30, for example, "Trump gets a net-positive rating - 49%-42%. That's the highest favorability rating for Trump of any of the age groups." But there's a more practical reason these potential voters are abandoning Biden, too.
The inflation experienced as a result of Biden's spending spree is acutely impacting these young people in their early careers, and to a much greater degree than it is affecting older voters.
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