--- title: Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump Among Millennials: Poll description: Hillary Clinton holds a 28-point lead over Donald Trump among likely millennial voters, according to a new national poll canonical: https://time.com/4547397/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-millennials-poll/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-27T12:21:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:04.157Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Holds Strong Lead Over Donald Trump Among Millennials: Poll og:description: Young voters show growing support for Clinton og:url: https://time.com/4547397/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-millennials-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt110e149c867101a9/6988abcd8e06015a2c468056/hillary-clinton-millennials-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON-KAINE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Holds Strong Lead Over Donald Trump Among Millennials: Poll twitter:description: Young voters show growing support for Clinton twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt110e149c867101a9/6988abcd8e06015a2c468056/hillary-clinton-millennials-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Millennials Favor Clinton Over Trump by 28 Points, Poll Finds > Sponsored content. 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Young voters show growing support for Clinton_  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 27, 2016 12:21 PM UTC  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 27, 2016 12:21 PM UTC Hillary Clinton holds a 28-point lead over Donald Trump among likely millennial voters, according to a new national poll. The [Harvard Institute of Politics poll](http://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/harvard-iop-fall-2016-poll) surveyed 18- to 29-year-old Americans, finding that 49% of young likely voters support Clinton and 21% support Trump. Libertarian Gary Johnson received 14% and Green Party candidate Jill Stein received 5%. Clinton has spent months reaching out to young voters, trying to capture the support Bernie Sanders received from millennials during the Democratic primary. Less than [two weeks from Election Day](http://time.com/4546942/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lead-poll/?xid=homepage), polls show a [growing enthusiasm for Clinton](http://time.com/4543898/hillary-clinton-millennial-voter-support/) among young voters. While both candidates still struggle with strong unfavorable ratings, young voters’ view of Clinton has improved since July, when just 31% viewed her favorably and 60% viewed her unfavorably. In the new Harvard poll, 40% of respondents found her favorable and 53% found her unfavorable. Just 19% viewed Trump favorably, while 73% viewed him unfavorably. An overwhelming majority of young Hispanics (72%) and African-Americans (85%) said they believed people of their own racial background are under attack in the United States, according to the survey. A majority of millennials (62%) said race relations would worsen if Trump is elected president. By comparison, 36% said race relations would stay the same under a Clinton presidency and a roughly even number thought relations would improve (23%) or worsen (22%). The poll—which surveyed 2,150 young adults, ages 18 to 29—was conducted between Oct. 7 and Oct. 17\. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. **Read next:** [_Millennials Finally Find Something to Love in Harder-Edged Hillary Clinton_](http://time.com/4543898/hillary-clinton-millennial-voter-support/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4547397/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-millennials-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4547397/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-millennials-poll/"},"headline":"Millennials Favor Clinton Over Trump by 28 Points, Poll Finds","datePublished":"2016-10-27T12:21:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:04.157Z","description":"Young voters show growing support for Clinton","url":"https://time.com/4547397/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-millennials-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt110e149c867101a9/6988abcd8e06015a2c468056/hillary-clinton-millennials-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt110e149c867101a9/6988abcd8e06015a2c468056/hillary-clinton-millennials-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON-KAINE","caption":"US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON-KAINE","creditText":"Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4547397/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-millennials-poll/","name":"Millennials Favor Clinton Over Trump by 28 Points, Poll Finds"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Young voters show growing support for Clinton","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4547397/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-millennials-poll/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4547397/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-millennials-poll/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```