Posted on 05/03/2023 7:06:32 AM PDT by Heartlander
There’s no way to sugarcoat it. The Republican Party has performed abysmally with young voters in recent elections. This cannot continue to be swept under the rug for much longer if the Stupid Party wants to avoid extinction.
Some figures should terrify everyone who doesn’t support a full-blown Marxist takeover of our failing country.
In the 2022 Midterms, a whopping 77 percent of Generation Z (those born between 1997-2012) voted for Democrats, while 56 percent of Millennials (those born between 1981-1996) voted for the party of Joe Biden, John Fetterman, and the squad.
And now for the really bad news.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2028, Millennials and Gen Z will represent a plurality of eligible voters. By 2036, those two cohorts will represent more than 60 percent of would-be voters.
In other words, the most uninformed group of voters—those with the least amount of life experience—will soon be deciding who sits in the Oval Office and who controls Congress over the course of the next several elections.
Broken down by race, ethnicity, or sex, the figures look even worse for the GOP among young adults.
Consider that in the last election, 58 percent of white Americans ages 18-29 voted for the party that says a person is racist solely for lacking melanin. Meanwhile, 89 percent of African Americans ages 18-29 voted for the party that wants to defund the police. And 68 percent of Latinos ages 18-29 voted for the party that condescendingly refers to them as “Latinx.”
Not surprisingly, Republicans fared equally as bad among young female voters in the 2022 midterms.
In 2022, 65 percent of white female voters ages 18-29 voted for the party that wants to let biological men compete against female athletes. Eighty-nine percent of African American females ages 18-29 voted for the party that celebrates abortion on demand, and 80 percent of Latinas voted for the party that can’t even define what a woman is.
The numbers will likely only get worse in future elections. It’s not hard to understand why the Right does so poorly with young voters each election cycle.
It’s tough to compete with the Left when they offer up a Bernie Sanders socialist goody bag of free college, free healthcare, a guaranteed universal basic income, and the Green New Deal, all paid for by us.
Is it any wonder that the pink-haired gender studies majors are down for the cause when their party believes merit-based achievements are immoral, allows individuals to identify any one of 568 genders, thinks illegal immigration is wonderful, and insists that men can get pregnant?
Conversely, the Right offers up patriotism, lower taxes, fewer regulations, law and order, clean streets, energy independence, a secure border, and removing wokeness from our institutions.
Those might sound appealing to the commoners, but they aren’t exactly the type of issues that will excite any Che Guevera-worshiping, marijuana-loving atheist who spends her spare time scrolling TikTok and railing against the inhumanity of fracking as yet another manifestation of the late-capitalist patriarchy.
Good luck boasting to a cohort that is likely still supported by their parents that a vote for Republicans means a lower corporate tax rate, a wall along the southern U.S. border, the end of the “environmental, social, governance” movement, a strong stance against Russia, China, and Iran, and the dismantling of the Deep State.
So what can Republicans do to appeal to our disenchanted youth?
For one, stop calling them “snowflakes” and similarly derogatory names, even if that is exactly what they are. Would you vote for a candidate that constantly mocks and demeans you? Of course you wouldn’t. Why would young voters choose a party they believe is out of touch and holds them in contempt?
Instead, speak to them about the necessity of having strong families and how the Left wants to destroy the nuclear family in favor of big government and soulless, statist control.
And, despite their social-media-infected views of capitalism, it’s worth explaining that capitalism nevertheless remains the greatest system for lifting the highest number of people out of poverty.
Yes, most college-aged people have no sense of economics, or how the world actually works, but explain to them that it is not generous for pious politicians to tell us how we should spend our money. No one should be penalized for earning too much, if the market dictates there is a demand for their services.
Talk to them about American exceptionalism and the idea that our rights do not come from government but from God. And, in any case, government exists to protect rights, not hand out rights like candy to well-behaved children.
Speak to them about American ingenuity and about how our country has an unparalleled system that allows for creativity and entrepreneurialism, not one that stifles innovation like Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Tell them about the importance of being a striver, and an independent thinker, and the value of having a strong work ethic—not one where laziness, government handouts, and victimization are celebrated.
The bottom line: Unless and until Republicans figure out a better messaging strategy accompanied by sound policies to court younger voters, the Stupid Party will have a terrible time winning elections anytime in the foreseeable future.
GOP will always have troubles with McDaniel as Chair of the RNC.
There is no hope for that bunch of morons. They all want to live the life of luxury AND DO IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE’S DIME. The Zeros have a lot of issues and I mean a lot of issues. Probably should have been nicknamed the “Waste of Skin” generation.
The GOP has a ballot harvesting operation problem, a turnout problem, and a failure to lead problem.
Another person that treats the world as static. Let’s see what happens when these disillusioned people get a little older. I can see a situation similar to the 80s, when a lot of former hippies turned into Republicans.
With GenZ (remember, nothing comes after ‘Z’) voting for our leaders, we won’t need to worry about ‘2036’...I wouldn’t even worry about ‘2026’.
They beat us by incrementalism and have brainwashed generations of "Americans."
The above referenced demographics are lazy, stupid and pre-programmed.
You cannot raise your child to be spoiled, then, when he becomes an adult, hope that he'll change.
Even if we manage to get Trump back into office, the reprieve is only going to be temporary.
That always amazes me. It'd be like if after World War Two a bunch of Jews said, "You know what? We ought to vote for the Nazis. They probably have our best interests at heart."
That observation is tone deaf given the reality going on. Better to tell them "what did they (Bernie et al) promise you, and what did you actually get? Bernie promised X, and you get no opportunity while Bernie gets his fourth house. AOC promised X, and you get vaccine mandates while AOC becomes a millionaire doing exactly what? "
Hard to change young skulls full of mush that have been fed a steady diet of “climate change” their entire lives
Brainwashing works. Hope they enjoy post American life.
We need to harvest those voters and substantially change our platform...lets rewrite marriage, promote planned parenthood, subsidize gender reassignment, promote CRT, hate America and lament about the climate...that should help us with these voters
The GOP has a racial problem.
Americans age 25 and under are roughly 50% non-white.
Non-white young people vote close to 80% Democrat.
White young people vote close to 50% Republican - which is the same way young white people have voted for generations.
No matter how far Left the GOP moves, most non-white young people are NEVER going to vote for us.
Just propose an amendment to wipe out all student debt if someone gives up their right to vote. Gen Z problem solved.
BTTT
Big, Big, Big Difference
Back then the youth were 90% White, Today's youth are probably less than 50%. So as we seen, they never will vote for Republicans.
All the pandering in the world isn’t going to fix our broken electoral system.
The GOP didn’t fail with young folks: It has failed and is failing to stop fraud.
Also, courting young folks - especially this bunch of losers calling itself “generation Z” (snort!) - will just make you look like a fool. Did “gen z” stuff the ballot boxes or was it their idea? Um, no. And you can pander all you like to idiots who just want free stuff and it won’t help at all.
I wouldn’t be so sure...the two parties are undergoing a total shift...the Democrats are becoming increasingly wealthy and elitist, while the Republicans are becoming much more entrenched in the middle class and working poor.
Once the dinosaur GOPe age out, you are going to be amazed at the upcoming makeup of the Republican party. It will start becoming full of non-white office holders and voters.
I actually consider our biggest voter problem to be white females under 40. They are infected with an awful self-hating mind virus.
The GOP has a racial problem and an abortion problem.
Americans age 25 and under are roughly 50% non-white.
Non-white young people vote 80% Democrat.
White young people vote 50% Republican - unless they think the GOP is going to outlaw abortion.
Joseph Goebbels was right. Propaganda works.
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