Millennials Up For Grabs?

[Adam Griffin]

Haven't read the article yet, but will after this. I've read things that seem to touch on the same premise, though.

Millennials 25 and up are lost to Republicans - there's just no way that this segment ever becomes pro-Republican after what they saw, much like the solid core of the Silent Generation remained staunchly Democratic into their old years. The Republicans should completely abandon any outreach efforts they have going on for those who are currently between 25 and 34 years of age.

Counter that with younger Millennials, who may view politics through the lens of Obama's administration instead of Bush's. There's plenty of evidence to suggest that current 18-25 year-olds are much more malleable, but I don't think the same polarity will exist in them. Republicans will be able to win them at times (there was some talk that 18 and 19 year-olds actually voted went for Romney in 2012), but I highly doubt that unless we have an economic 2008-redux that they'll ever fall lock-step into the Republicans like their older cohorts.

[Adam Griffin]

Haven't read the article yet, but will after this. I've read things that seem to touch on the same premise, though.

Millennials 25 and up are lost to Republicans - there's just no way that this segment ever becomes pro-Republican after what they saw, much like the solid core of the Silent Generation remained staunchly Democratic into their old years. The Republicans should completely abandon any outreach efforts they have going on for those who are currently between 25 and 34 years of age.

Counter that with younger Millennials, who may view politics through the lens of Obama's administration instead of Bush's. There's plenty of evidence to suggest that current 18-25 year-olds are much more malleable, but I don't think the same polarity will exist in them. Republicans will be able to win them at times (there was some talk that 18 and 19 year-olds actually voted went for Romney in 2012), but I highly doubt that unless we have an economic 2008-redux that they'll ever fall lock-step into the Republicans like their older cohorts.

Unfortunately, the article might be old news to you, considering how your conclusions were apparently related to the author's from the get-go.

I think you have made a solid analysis on this subject. The Millennials above 25 are going to be much tougher customers for the Republican party, while those of us under that threshold will probably be more receptive to GOP outreach.

Yeah, I felt pretty clairvoyant after reading it.

[Adam Griffin]

Good news for Republicans!

[Adam Griffin]

I don't think Millenials will necessarily swing to the right, but many will stay home because they won't be enthused about Hillary.

Where's your evidence for this assertion? Every poll I've seen has Hillary dominating among Millennials, both in the primary and the general election. For instance, the most recent CNN poll has her leading Romney 63-34 among 18-34 year olds, a bigger margin than Obama won them by in 2012. Seems like you're projecting based off your own personal bias here.

Wait till they find out how much a warmonger 3rd way corporatist she is.

To be fair, a lot of us remember 2008. It's not as if those positions weren't brought to the forefront during the primary.