Posted on 10/29/2014 1:54:15 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Since 2008, the Millennial generation has been the backbone of the Democratic party. It was young votes that catapulted Barack Obama to the presidency that and year, and kept him in the White House in 2012. But now a new poll out shows that it just might be Millennial voters that will contribute to the predicted Republican sweep on November 4.
According to a national study released by the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, among Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 who say they will “definitely be voting” in this election, 51 percent say they will be casting their vote for Republican candidates versus 47 percent who said they supported the Democrats.
This doesn't necessarily mean that the Democrats have lost Millennials completely. But it does suggest that the Millennials who feel empowered to go out and vote in a midterm election, which historically has dismal turnout rates, and feel so because of their support for the GOP.
This poll does say a lot about the way young voters view Barack Obama's presidency. While young people had high hopes for Obama in 2008, many are disenchanted with the way his administration's record has played out. According to the Harvard study, Millennials ranked Obama negatively on pretty much every issue, from the economy to the federal budget deficit, foreign policy, and race relations. Even health care, which 76 percent say is an important issue to them, the president got negative marks on, with 57 percent saying they disapproved of the Affordable Care Act.
The Millennial dissatisfaction with Barack Obama extends beyond healthcare. Despite their engagement in 2008, young people currently appear to be beyond jaded when it comes to the U.S. political system. A huge 80 percent of Millennials polled said they would not consider themselves to be politically engaged, and only 18 percent said they thought political engagement would help solve America's ills. And when asked if a friend wanted them to volunteer on a political campaign, if they would do it, 64 percent said no.
What's perhaps the most disheartening out of all this, is that not only are Millennials checked out and unhappy with the political process, only 66 percent are actually registered to cast a vote and try to change their situation. For all the pundit chatter about young voters being the most important demographic, in truth Millennials could not care less.
I hope it’s true, but have a difficult time believing Pajama Boy and Julia are heading out to vote R.
Not voting, maybe, but actually voting R? I guess we’ll see.
only 66 percent are actually registered to cast a vote and try to change their situation.
Overall, less than half of eligible voters are registered to vote.
This means that Millennials are actually much more involved than other eligible age groups.
This not a surprise. Cuccinelli won the 18-24 year olds in the VA governors race which he lost narrowly. He beat McAuliffe 45-39% in that demographic which is a shift from the 25-29 year olds which McAuliffe won. The up comming younger voters appear to be more conservative which just might be the result of the huge uptick in homeschooling which means that the future is not necessarily a liberal panecea demographically. I also see growing cracks in the minority vote for Democrats. We should never ever let anyone tell us that all is lost or an issue is settled.
The so-called Millennials may be getting ready to vote Republican, but that makes no difference when all the Mexicans, as well as the recently dead, are all voting Democrat, and the voting machines are fixed to cast Repuiblican votes for the Democrat candidate.
That’s not actually true. About 70% of eligible voters are registered.
What comes in under 50% is the percent of eligible voters who actually vote in off years.
http://www.statisticbrain.com/voting-statistics/
I think the collapse of the economy under Obama has resulted in a maturing process for the little you-know-whats.
Hispanics have also soured on Democrats. They will still largely vote for Democrats but they are more open to GOP today than in 2008 and 2012. They as a group were much like African Americans heavily emotionally invested in Obama. His increasingly obvious failure will have an impact. The overt manipulation of blacks and hispanics may finally be losing some of its effectiveness. It will take several more election cycles to be sure.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/10/28/hispanics-on-a-gop-senate-sure-why-not/
Illegal Aliens leaning Republican? I’ll believe that when I see it!
Good thing that the Democrats have voter fraud going for them or they just might lose.
The RNC will have to take quick action to scare them away.
Millennials vs. Manuela..
It’s so sad to see our children growing up.../s
Thanks for that link. Maybe the rates are better with all the Democrat fraud of recent years.
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