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Eric Adams: “Obama got 65% of the young people vote, but it was only 8%…”

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Published | Video Starts at 32:25

Everybody's thought that Obama, everybody thought that young people were the ones who got Obama elected. You're seeing a more and more engagement of young people. But Obama was, you know, Obama got 65% of the young people vote, but it was only 8%, 18% of the total vote. You know, your grandmother and your mom, those are the ones that come out all the time. So it's. (32:25–32:31)

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Asserts that Obama received 65% of the young people's vote, which was 18% of the total vote.

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