Alright, guys…
I always take this sort of thing with a grain of salt, because we CANNOT GET COMPLACENT.
We NEED to win over young people…
But it looks like we may actually be on our way!
According to the Washington Times:
A massive new poll of young voters has some inconvenient news for Democrats.
“Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among millennials as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections,” according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey of some 11,000 voters ages 18-34 conducted during the first three months of the year.
This does NOT mean they’re Trump fans… but they ARE starting to understand why Conservatism works…
“Their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past two years, to 46 percent overall. And they increasingly say the Republican Party is a better steward of the economy,” the poll analysis said.
And while two-thirds of the respondents are not especially fond of President Trump, they also said this distaste does not extend to all Republicans, or translate into automatic votes for Democratic candidates in the midterm elections.
This doesn’t fare all too well for that “blue wave” they’re hoping for.
“That presents a potential problem for Democrats who have come to count on millennials as a core constituency — and will need all the loyalty they can get to achieve a net gain of 23 seats to capture control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November,” the analysis said.
Again… not to say that millennials are all chomping at the bit to vote for Republicans. They’re just kinda done with the Dems.
The findings also suggested millennials were open to third-party candidates — or sitting the election out and not voting at all. The poll also found a notable shift in a certain demographic.
“Two years ago, young white people favored Democrats over Republicans for Congress by a margin of 47 to 33 percent; that gap vanished by this year, with 39 percent supporting each party,” the analysis said. “The shift was especially dramatic among young white men, who two years ago favored Democrats but now say they favor Republicans over Democrats by a margin of 46 to 37 percent.
“The Democratic National Committee declined to comment on the Reuters poll. Republican National Committee spokeswoman Cassie Smedile said the poll indicates that young voters ‘like what they’ve seen’ from the party in power,’ the analysis said.
THIS is the PERFECT opportunity for Republicans to step up and show younger generations what we’re all about!
I mean… this is EXACTLY what happened to me! I was a HARDCORE lib… until their narrative just stopped clicking. I did my research, I questioned the status quo, I asked questions…
AND LOOK AT ME NOW.
There’s HOPE, y’all!