Young U.S. voters have become more likely to identify with the Democratic Party since 2006, a Gallup Poll said Friday. Gallup said the movement is fueled partly by increasing racial and ethnic diversity. But the poll found whites between the ages of 18 and 29 have also shifted to the Democrats in recent years.
On average, between 2006 and 2013, 54 percent of young adults have described themselves as Democrats or leaning in that direction, while 36 percent said they were Republican or Republican-leaning. Between 1993 and 2003, 47 percent tilted to the Democrats and 42 percent to the Republicans.