66% of self-identified liberal voters and 49% of voters under the age of 30 say a candidate’s support for net neutrality is an important factor when deciding whom to vote for in the November midterm elections.

62% of Democratic voters say they support net neutrality, up from 48% in December.

Democratic voters are receptive to the party’s efforts to use the net neutrality debate as a way to energize the base heading into the November midterms, according to Morning Consult/Politico polling.

The most recent survey — conducted May 17-19 among 1,990 registered voters nationwide — found that 59 percent of Democratic respondents said a candidate’s support for the net neutrality rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2015 was somewhat or very important when deciding whom to vote for in the midterms, compared to 51 percent of respondents overall. Among self-identified liberals, 66 percent said that support was an important factor, compared with 42 percent of conservatives who said the same.

The survey also showed increased support for net neutrality compared with a similar poll conducted shortly after the FCC repealed the Obama-era regulations last year. The FCC, led by Chairman Ajit Pai (R), voted along party lines in December to repeal the 2015 Open Internet Order that had codified net neutrality rules.

In the Dec. 14-18 poll, 48 percent of Democratic respondents said they supported the net neutrality rules that stipulated service providers “cannot block, throttle or prioritize certain content on the Internet.” That figure rose 14 percentage points to 62 percent in the new survey.

Both polls have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.