Youth Vote

[hopper]

What does it mean to the parties if Democrats start having a youth problem? (That they are not voting as Democratic as they used to).

4. Eventually as enough time passes, Democrats end up where Republicans are, with lots of older voters and less younger voters. It's important to note that Republicans have done exceptionally bad with young voters due to racial diversity, so I wouldn't count on the GOP getting the same strong support from young voters in the future (tho its possible for sure)
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You are half-right. Most of the minority population growth has been ethnic and not racial(i.e. Mexican-Americans) who are categorized as "Hispanic" in the US Census. True the Republicans would have still lost in 2012 if 0 Hispanics voted because of the Black Vote in Ohio and Virginia. The Black Population has hardly grown in the past 50-60 years as a % of the US Population.

[hopper]

Whats funny is there was never really an age difference in voting for the Democrat Candidate in Presidential Elections until 2008 except for 1972. Pew Research's voter/age graphic goes from 1972-2012 for the record.. When I eliminate 1972, 2008, and 2012 the following margins for the Dem Presidential Candidate go like this with ages 18-29 and the rest were pretty much tied meaning there was no difference in how all age groups voted for the Dem Presidential Candidate.

1980 D+6
1996 D+5
2004 D+7