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Historic turnout of young voters in Virginia election poses problem for RepublicansBy Gregory S. Schneider November 24 at 5:13 PM
RICHMOND As bad as the overall outcome of Virginias recent election was for Republicans, there was one facet of the vote that raises special alarm for the partys future.
Thats the performance of young voters, who came out in historic numbers and overwhelmingly cast their ballots for the Democratic candidate for governor, Ralph Northam.
While Republicans have been wrestling with an aging demographic for some time, analysts say the unpopular actions of President Trump are pushing away a new generation.
One of the biggest challenges facing the Republican Party in Virginia and nationwide is that the Republican Party has become toxic to a lot of young voters, said Bob Holsworth, a longtime Virginia political scientist. I think Trump has exacerbated a trend that was emerging, and it has become very problematic.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/historic-turnout-of-young-voters-in-virginia-election-hints-at-national-problem-for-republicans/2017/11/24/8e90d978-cf03-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html
Eliot Rosewater
(31,151 posts)sigh
LisaL
(44,985 posts)Trump didn't win it.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,151 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Elections have consequences.
We will pay dearly for having a Russian spy/pussy grabber in the white house for years, long after Putin's puppet is gone.
The horrendous republican tax bill is going to bankrupt the nation and then they will kill social security and whats left of medicare/medicaid.
tazkcmo
(7,306 posts)Turns out when you raise taxes on regular Americans in order to give the money to the disgustingly wealthy or take away peoples' healthcare in order to give the savings to the disgustingly wealthy or write/eliminate laws and regulations in order to benefit the disgustingly wealthy that young people, unpolluted by partisan politics, will vote for the other candidate. Go figure.
LisaL
(44,985 posts)tazkcmo
(7,306 posts)For all of us. Sad.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)and make permanent beggars out of college students.
Wounded Bear
(58,792 posts)Hard to compete with all the noise sources out there. When the actual message and the policies get out there and are explained properly, people vote Democrat.
Luckily our younger citizens don't get much news from the TV which explains the GOPee war on the Internet.