And I would say don’t generalize yourself about the youth vote.
My generation is largely conservative/libertarian, at least 50/50. I don’t think the generation behind us votes as liberal as you think. Most I deal with are fairly libertarian. At least in the midwest anyway. If you’re in an urban area or the coast, I imagine they vote no more or less liberal than preceding generations.
My generation is largely conservative/libertarian, the youth vote showed itself to be largely democrat. I know what my kids, their friends in the 20-35 yo groups believe in and it is not conservative by a long shot when it comes to how they vote. I also see it in the older student (25-40) population where I teach.
Too many potential conservative voters in those groups as well as my own generation simply did not vote for whatever ignorant reasons. I didn’t care much for Mitt or the way he handled the campaign but he was a far better choice than four more years of the would-be dicatator.