The 2024 election will be the oldest presidential fight in history. How do young voters feel?

In a hotel ballroom situated between Raleigh and Durham in North Carolina, a sea of buzzing young liberals excitedly took selfies and exchanged Instagram handles. Wrists decorated with Taylor Swift bracelets hit against one another as baby-faced teens and twentysomethings dressed in business casual applauded their compatriots’ accomplishments. Some would call this a Republican’s worst nightmare, others: the Young Democrats of North Carolina convention.

Nestled among one of the many round tables was 21-year-old Sloan Duvall, the president of the UNC-Chapel Hill Young Democrats and, like many of her colleagues at the convection, a Biden supporter.

The same year that Duvall was born, Joe Biden celebrated his 60th birthday and was re-elected to the Senate for a fifth term. Now, more than twenty years later, the 81-year-old is counting on her and countless other Gen-Z voters to help him get re-elected as president.

“I know for a lot of people, he’s not the perfect candidate,” Duvall told The Independent. “I think our generation does not give him enough credit.”

Despite the skepticism of her peers, Duvall is one of the many young Democrats who believe in Biden’s vision and want to see him continue his administration come November. She’s also one of the 40.8 million members of Gen Z who are eligible to vote this year – eight million of whom are newly eligible.

Democrats are relying on the growing number of young voters to help them re-elect Mr Biden. In 2020, approximately55 per cent of voters aged 18 to 29 voted and most of them cast their ballot for Mr Biden, helping hand him the presidency. With more young people leaning left than right, Democrats can’t risk losing their support.

But there are growing concerns that young