Steyer made reference to Buttigieg’s age as a reason he should be making climate change more of an issue. But Buttigieg’s support is actually higher among older voters, according to our poll with Ipsos:
Sanders’s supporters are young, Biden’s are older
Share of respondents in an Ipsos/FiveThirtyEight poll who said they were considering supporting each candidate, by age group
| Age group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidate | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ |
| Sanders | 56.3% | 41.5% | 28.5% | 22.4% |
| Warren | 44.4 | 40.2 | 35.2 | 32.2 |
| Biden | 39.4 | 51.2 | 57.9 | 65.8 |
| Buttigieg | 19.0 | 22.7 | 26.2 | 33.6 |
| Yang | 15.6 | 12.9 | 9.2 | 6.4 |
| Klobuchar | 6.8 | 6.8 | 10.5 | 17.0 |
| Steyer | 5.1 | 4.3 | 10.9 | 11.2 |