Biden seizes on student debt relief amid worries about young voters | KLRT [Video]

President Biden is pushing forward with plans for “life-changing” student debt relief as he courts young voters amid signs that the critical voting bloc could turn away from his party or simply sit out in November.

A new NPR/NewsHour/Marist Poll released last week found former President Trump up 2 points over Biden among millennial and Generation Z Americans — an age group frustrated with economic strains and stressed about student debt.

Leaning in on student debt relief could help boost Biden’s standing with the key demographic, “where he could use some shoring up of his support,” said Morley Winograd, a former senior policy adviser to Al Gore and the author of multiple books on millennials.

“Today, too many Americans, especially young people, are saddled with unsustainable debts in exchange for a college degree,” Biden said in Wisconsin on Monday, acknowledging the key demographic in a battleground state vital to his reelection bid. 

His remarks …