I posted this on a defunct thread. It really applies here also:
I have two college-aged sons, both of whom are registered Libertarian, and wrote in for Ron Paul (no, I’m not in a battleground state)
I am also a poll worker, and noticed that the vast majority of young male voters that came to vote yesterday were unaffiliated.
It seems that the Republican Party could do something over the next 4-8 years to capture these independent (in the literal sense) and individualistic voters. If my sons are any example, they are well to the right of the Republicans on fiscal issues. They also hate political correctness, and their college profs drive them crazy. Think “South Park Republican”. There ARE young people who did not drink the Obama Kool-aid. They just didn’t like McCain either.
From your mouth to God's ear!
Kids that age are naturally rebellious to "the status quo". We need to creatively capture that and use it, when Democrats are "the status quo"!