The attitudes in this thread are all the evidence you need that Republicans are digging their own grave with the tone-deaf nature of the party. Gotta evolve with the times.

I consider myself a conservative first, and then a repulican.
I favor legalization of MJ. I am not in favor of gay marriage but I think they should be able to, just not get special treatment.  I am not in favor of abortion, but I do not think it should be banned.  I think all illegals should be deported and the border closed.

Do you really think saying "fuck the millenials" will encourage them to join you? You are pushing them away, thus affirming your sterotype.

11.353m (41.2% of registered) voters between the ages of 18-24 turned out in 2012, out of 132.948m.  8.54%
12.515m (48.5% of registered) turned out in the 'historic' election of 2008, out of 131.144m.  9.54%
11.639m (41.9% of registered) turned out in 2004, out of 125.736m.  9.26%

I see no reason not to think that youth voting records will not be around 41-42% turnout, for a total of ~11-12m.

Not sure I see your point?

Mainly providing information.

So because a lot of young people voted for BHO, FUCK 'EM, is that right?

That will really improve your odds.

Ah....gotcha.

They are mainly inactive when it comes to voting.........I knew it was bad but not that bad.

Maybe that is a good thing?

Most young people don't vote.



Sure, a slightly higher percentage of those that bother will probably vote for the democrat.



Honestly, though, what do you expect?  Your side ceded public education to the progressives a century ago.  Is it somehow surprising that kids leave school and vote for the Democrat more often?



Frankly it's a miracle so many of them vote Republican, given the outright hostility Republicans have for them.



 

I expect them to have a fucking brain and realize the 'tards are bankrupting their generation and imposing SO MANY FUCKING REGULATIONS on them that what they envision the evil republicans doing is a DROP IN THE FUCKING BUCKET comparably.

Their disconnect from reality and TOTAL INABILITY to think past their most recent hormonal spike is very disappointing.

But yes, I was surprised at the low level of turnout.

That's nice. The standard Faux-Bert responses to failed republican legislation are:
"They didn't try real hard"
"they knew it was going to fail, so big deal"
"political theatre to fool their base and get morons to send them money"
"you just want to fuck her"  oops! "him"

Pick one, or all. The lesson will be lost and bumper stickers will be waved.

Hopefully.  Going back through Roper polls, I see that Bush split the 18-24 crowd with Gore 47/47 and lost them to Kerry 56/43.  After that, Roper switches to the 18-29 age range.  The 25-29 group favored Gore more than the 18-24, but favored Bush more strongly in 2004 than their 18-24 counterparts, so I'm not sure how to compensate in the 2008 and 2012 elections.  Anyway, 2008 was heavy Obama for the 18-29s. 66/32.     2012 was a bit better at 60/37, but not great.

I remember the 2000 Bush vote percentages now that you mention it..............they really changed direction since then!!

My only layman's guess is that the people reaching voting age by 2008 for the first time were going for the "cool" guy probably more than anything.

So do you wager they won't pull for Hillary?
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt she owns youth female and gay vote

Never underestimate the hate women have for other women.

Except she was cheated on and most women are better looking than her so she has the sympathy.

That's your defense for the Republicans that didn't vote for those bills?  



 

What ever MTV or Comedy Central tels them to do.

Yup..........did you see the recent results of the youth testing scores for math, language, etc., compared to other countries?

Based on the past few elections, I don't doubt it.  The question is how much they will matter.  At their worst, they split 66/32 in favor the Democratic candidate. I'd expect something closer to 60:40 this election.  That's 2.2m to 2.4m net Hillary votes spread across the country.  Will that matter?  In 2012, Obama won by 5m votes.  In 2008, by 10.5m.

They just spent the last twelve-plus years in education centers run by progressives and you expect them to suddenly reverse course, en masse, and vote for the guy whose supporters scream "fuck millenials" at every opportunity?



It takes many more years to develop the tolerance to cognitive dissonance that allows you to vote with people who will tell you to your face that they hate you.



 

she is a bitchy old hag. I think hillary will do worse with women than obama did (as shown in the primaries where obama beat hillary.

Chin up.  The youth voters in 2000 had also spent their last 12+ years in public schools.  Blaming schools for young people leaning liberal doesn't really get us anywhere.  It's a convenient scapegoat which is blown entirely out of proportion.

A true leader would have made sure his bills got out of committee. Ron Paul didn't care and it was all an act to dupe his cultists (who just want to fuck him) into sending cash.

I'm not defending republicans. They're all evil. That's what I've been told.

Did we ever establish how many more anti-gun votes Ron Paul could cast before he became an anti-gun piece of shit?

But maybe the schools are getting progressively worse as the years go on?

 

Please,  tell me more how is my fault that "my generation" can't fix the damage done by 100 years of bad policy. Look at the statistics on support for banning handguns or increased .gov surveillance over the last 20 years.  Freedom is making a comeback on ever issue.
 

Teddy and Wilson are big reasons for the shit today.

 

Add in FDR, Lincoln, and other progressive federalist.


Hamilton won in the long run vs Jefferson.

8 pages and still nothing beats this.

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American Action Network launched TV ads yesterday accusing U.S. Representatives Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), and Jim Jordan (R-OH) of threatening our national security.

The ads are part of a $400,000 campaign to pressure lawmakers to pass a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bill that funds the president's amnesty, and it's a way to soften them up for a future primary challenge.

The ads feature terrorists and claim "some in Washington are willing to put our security at risk by jeopardizing critical security funding. That’s the wrong message to send to our enemies."

You can watch the spot attacking Tim Huelskamp here.

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This is a direct attack on three constitutional conservatives by the GOP establishment to punish them for opposing House leadership.

Jim Bridenstine has as 95% Liberty Score™ from Conservative Review and Tim Huelskamp and Jim Jordan both have 92% scores.

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We millennials are responsible for all the shit the baby boomers brought on us, and now we get to pay their retirement welfare for them.

Huelskamp is probably one of the most honest politicians from my state that we have.

So is murder.  If you don't like family members murdered, don't do it....

Probably pretty good. It doesn't help that the republican party won't even make an effort to reach out to them. Like 40 some percent of millennials are independents. Do you really expect a majority of young people to vote for a party that acts like it wants nothing to do with them? How many people in this thread say they don't care what young voters want? I guarantee democrats will be all over college campuses trying to get votes like they did in the past.



 

This is GD. Reaffirming our stereotypes is what we do. Anyone who questions our stereotypes or claims there are shades of gray on any issue is the debil and should be burned at the stake. And your last line proves you are a liberal, because that's what fits my stereotype.

This tells me people are more freedom-minded than the GOP social-control-freaks give them credit for.

But, they have no voice in politics that reflects those desires, and conservative governance...so here we are.