Almost half of all voters say canceling student loan debt is an important issue in the 2024 presidential and congressional elections, a new survey finds.
Among younger people, 70% of Gen Z respondents said the action was"very" or"somewhat" important in the election, and 72% of Black voters and 68% of Hispanic voters believe the same. Around 7 in 10 voters, 73%, believe the government should take some action on student loan debt, with 50% supporting partial or complete loan cancellation, the survey found.
Debt cancellation is less of a priority among older people, with just 37% of boomer and silent generation voters in the survey saying the issue is important to them in the upcoming elections. More than two-thirds of Republican Gen X voters, those born between 1965 and 1980, said they don't believe student debt should be canceled.