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I'm not sure how anyone could read that article and not come to the conclusion that both parties are going to have to make changes to attract this vote.
This is true. As a registered D, I welcome those changes. In this respect, Obama and the Ds are currently the frontrunners.
The OP is clearly hoping that millennials will become more rightward as they age. I don't "know" the OP enough to say whether s/he hopes for more economic conservatism or more social conservatism. So I provided what I think is the major stumbling block *right now* for the Rs in getting those votes.
Many are realizing how awful this current administration is. Why would they continue to support the party of Obama?
They liked his policy proposals and attitude, apparently. If they think his implementation of those ideas is a failure, does that necessarily mean they'll next vote for the party that opposes those ideas?
My crystal ball is no better than anyone else's, And while I know a few millennials reasonably well, I'm not one and claim no special insight. I just think that reasoning along the lines of "well they voted D and didn't get what they wanted, so now they're going to vote R" is - shall we say - limited thinking.
[quote=jacqueg;35635596 of "well they voted D and didn't get what they wanted, so now they're going to vote R" is - shall we say - limited thinking.[/QUOTE]
Well you pretty much summed up the republican party's thinking.
Ah yes, the whole "times have changed" excuse. Just like when the liberals act like its impossible for another Republican to take the White House again because "times have changed." So when Bush won his 2nd term, did they call the Democrat party "dead?" Probably not.
Actually it will be hard for another Republican candidate to win the presidential election. There is this thing called the electoral college and the Democrats are closer to 270 than the Republicans and have more options to hit that number, while the Republicans have to win every swing state to have any shot.
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Many are realizing how awful this current administration is. Why would they continue to support the party of Obama?
Actually most liberals and especially millineals wish the current president was more of a liberal and less of a moderate.
I'm one of those millennials. I have a "real job" and "real responsibilities." I pay more in taxes than many people earn.
I also have the ability to look at "real facts" and do "real math." And those two things mean that when a Republican comes out and tells me he's going to solve all our woes with tax cuts and more defense spending, I don't mindlessly swallow the exact same nonsense that's been failing and bankrupting this country for decades.
All well and good, as long as you don't mindlessly swallow when a Barack Obama or Nancy Pelosi comes out and tells you they're going to solve all our woes by tripling or quadrupling the deficit spending that occurred under a Republican.
This is true. As a registered D, I welcome those changes. In this respect, Obama and the Ds are currently the frontrunners.
Somehow I doubt that the current government spying on everyone is going to be very popular. Especially when the government tries to control what is said over the internet.
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The OP is clearly hoping that millennials will become more rightward as they age. I don't "know" the OP enough to say whether s/he hopes for more economic conservatism or more social conservatism. So I provided what I think is the major stumbling block *right now* for the Rs in getting those votes.
I just hope they refuse to be as blindly partisan as so many are today.
Somehow I doubt that the current government spying on everyone is going to be very popular. Especially when the government tries to control what is said over the internet.
Domestic spying is at the top of my list of things that need changing.
I'm not pointing fingers at who started it - it started before I was born - I just want it to stop.
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