I take a cynical view that Trump being the face of the party among the people that came of age for the last 12+ years is going to leave that chunk of voters voting Dem for the rest of their lives.
Uh yeah, zero doubt about that. I already said I would never vote for a Republican after coming of age under George W. Bush. Trump just cemented that. Can’t imagine what I would have thought as a teenager becoming politically aware/active for the first time during his presidency.
I mean the GOP hasnt done as bad with young voters since 2020 as they did in 2008 and 2012. Low bar but still.
Also young voters from 2008 have moved drastically towards the GOP since then (Dems only win voters in their 30s by high single digits now)
This isn't true. Rather, natural liberals start voting earlier, and natural conservatives get interested enough in politics to vote in their later 20s. There are also significantly more ex-liberals and ex-conservatives because conservatives are better at converting the other side than liberals are.
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