Some young voters who helped elect Biden say he needs to deliver more on promises

people may not vote because they'll say well this happened under the Biden Harris Administration as Carrie Singleton looks ahead to the next presidential election he's thinking back to the promises he heard President Biden and vice president Harris deliver on a visit to Atlanta pass the freedom to vote Act pass it now on that winter day the president was closing in on his first year in office hopes were high for Singleton and other students on the grounds of Clark Atlanta University and morouse college since then voting rights legislation stalled the Supreme Court rejected a student loan forgiveness plan and high prices from food to housing are fueling economic anxieties I do think that everyone is willing to hold the administration accountable for some of those promises that were made and if they don't happen I think it's going to be a scary election for all the warning signs facing the president a year before the election the skepticism and apathy of young voters rank high folks just feel poorer right now than they did two years ago there's going to have to be a lot of conversations about how we feel like our issues are being heard nabila Islam Parks is the youngest woman to win a seat in the Georgia Senate in 2020 she went door too in the Atlanta suburbs building a coalition to help Biden turn the state blue that Coalition she said could fracture by the president's handling of the Israel Hamas War I think that young voters recognize you can't bomb your way to peace in security and so we do feel uncomfortable with that Rachel Carroll's first vote for president went to Biden she said she doesn't regret it given the alternative but finds herself disappointed by some priorities of the White House if they can fund a war they can find the money to pay off our student loans young voters were a critical component of the president's Victory particularly here in Georgia where Biden defeated Donald Trump by only 11,779 votes at out of nearly 5 million cast exit polls in 2020 show that voters 18 to 29 made up 20% of the Georgia electorate the only state of the top six Battlegrounds where the percentage of young voters exceeded the national share of 177% Biden won young Georgia voters by 13 points according to exit polls but now a year before the 2024 election surveys show a far closer race with voters under the age of 30 here in Georgia split 46% for Trump and 44% for Biden according to a New York Times Sienna College poll the site m is not as high as it was last time Alan Gibson and some of his classmates wish they had more inspirational and generational choices we have to pick between two different people who are uh very very old and up in age we would like to see Biden P the time the vice president whose College Tour brought her back on campus this fall resonates more I think she she Sparks that energy she like when she came to more house it was fun I feel her passion but with Biden at the top of the ticket potentially facing a rematch of the 2020 race voters say the burden rests on him to deliver on his promises and not take their support for granted just as well as we hold Trump accountable you know we have to hold Biden accountable