Democrats lose ground with millennials - Reuters/Ipsos poll

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volsrock

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The online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past two years, to 46 percent overall. And they increasingly say the Republican Party is a better steward of the economy.

Terry Hood, 34, an African-American who works at a Dollar General store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and took this year’s poll, said he voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

But he will consider a Republican for Congress because he believes the party is making it easier to find jobs and he applauds the recent Republican-led tax cut.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-millennials-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1I10YH

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Only 28 percent of those polled expressed overt support for Republicans in the 2018 poll - about the same percentage as two years earlier.

But that does not mean the rest will turn out to back Democrats, the survey showed. A growing share of voters between ages 18 and 34 years old said they were undecided, would support a third-party candidate or not vote at all.

The shift away from Democrats was more pronounced among white millennials - who accounted for two-thirds of all votes cast in that age group in 2016.
 
As Bubba said "it's the economy, stupid".
The donkeys are bad at it. And those millenials have college loans to pay off.
 
Bullshit once again. Not very good at this, are you Volscrock? I don't even have to try, and some times I don't even need to check sources.
 
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domer76 said:
lol

Within a few decades, you're a minority group, bitch. I hope you're young enough to enjoy THAT experience.
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Democrats keep telling us how wonderful they are going to do in a few decades.

Maybe they will, but that makes the doubtful assumption all groups will continue the same voting patterns as today. Nobody predicted half the wealthy would become Democrats, the South would switch from Democratic to Republican, or the white Democrats would become Republicans. New generations result in changing voting behavior.
 
volsrock said:
The online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past two years, to 46 percent overall. And they increasingly say the Republican Party is a better steward of the economy.

Terry Hood, 34, an African-American who works at a Dollar General store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and took this year’s poll, said he voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

But he will consider a Republican for Congress because he believes the party is making it easier to find jobs and he applauds the recent Republican-led tax cut.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-millennials-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1I10YH

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Hardly surprising as the Dems run ever more to the right and engage in redbaiting and corrupt primaries.
 
volsrock said:
The online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past two years, to 46 percent overall. And they increasingly say the Republican Party is a better steward of the economy.

Terry Hood, 34, an African-American who works at a Dollar General store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and took this year’s poll, said he voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

But he will consider a Republican for Congress because he believes the party is making it easier to find jobs and he applauds the recent Republican-led tax cut.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-millennials-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1I10YH

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Turn out is key and you are talking about a demographic in which turn out at the lower age range generally sucks
 
Darth Omar said:
Democrats are running to the right lol?

On which planet?
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The one you used to be tethered to. That last "healthcare" legislation was right out of the Heritage Foundation.

Millennials, unlike their more aged counterparts, may insist upon the eventual formation of a real 2nd party.
 
volsrock said:
The online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for Democrats over Republicans for Congress slipped by about 9 percentage points over the past two years, to 46 percent overall. And they increasingly say the Republican Party is a better steward of the economy.

Terry Hood, 34, an African-American who works at a Dollar General store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and took this year’s poll, said he voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

But he will consider a Republican for Congress because he believes the party is making it easier to find jobs and he applauds the recent Republican-led tax cut.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-millennials-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1I10YH

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Perhaps...but trump took care of the slide in the polls. Don't count your chickens if you think kids are going to vote Republican.
 
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