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"Prop 8 garnered better than 40% of the youth vote after a bit of advertising."

I don't know what the answer is to minimizing the advantage (almost 2-1) that Democrats enjoy with the 18-29 demographic. I do know that so-called "gay marriage" is an issue that is far more important to them than it is to their older voting peers.

Prop 8 did not even come close to 40% of the youth vote. Every exit poll I saw was barely 31% of the under-30 crowd that voted for Prop 8. If you have contradictory information, please post it because I'd like to look at it.

Murphy is an idiot, but he's right insomuch that the GOP cannot comeback so long at Democrats are winning national elections with 18-29 demographic like they won (66%-33%) in the last election. Since Reagan last won reelection, the GOP has been getting an dwindling percentage of an age group that is ignored, at the peril of conservatives.

"I don't know what the answer is to minimizing the advantage (almost 2-1) that Democrats enjoy with the 18-29 demographic."

I am 26 years old, and I can say with confidence the reason my generation votes Democrat 2/1 is because the vast majority of them are simply bad people. I don't know how else to describe them, but if you try to appeal to bad people with a positive (conservative) message, it will be futile.

As someone who is recently out of college and high school (both public) I can confirm that the schools are every bit as bad as the stories here on FR and even worse. They really are screwing up our kids. Only when this changes will there be improvement. The kids are already screwed up by the time they are 22.

Another huge factor is the growing percentage of minorities. I was checking the exit polls and McCain won 45% of the white vote age 18-29. It was the minorities 18-29 that really messed us up.

Since Reagan last won reelection, the GOP has been getting an dwindling percentage of an age group that is ignored, at the peril of conservatives.

As well - the younger demographics seem to be trending towards higher participation in voting than before ... It used to be that one could count on a very low youth turnout which minimized impact. Now that trend has slowed, stopped, and reversed. The last 3 presidential elections has seen modest but measurable increases in youth vote.