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No, I don't have any links, polling data or any other information on this.
All I know is that many, many people are upset over the government giveaway programs and the illegal immigration issues. This, in my opinion, appears to be an instant re-play of the 1992 election season.

This, in my opinion, appears to be an instant re-play of the 1992 election season.

I would agree except that the Democrats just don't have candidates with any real public appeal to run against the Republicans. Clinton was a highly appealing candidate to a huge number of Americans (first time I ever heard him speak I predicted he would be the next presidient). Kerry, Dean, and company don't have this kind of appeal. Bush will win by virtue of the power of incumbency (and maybe a major terrorist incident to boost the security issue in his favor).

Thanks.... I've not seen anything either that indicates that from a polling perspective..... Lots of chatter but that most often doesn't turn into results or is from anti Bush people to begin with.... Media hype, Democrat Primary campaign, etc. all bolster the hype..... Here's a quote from a poll just completed that tells you a little of what the younger generation is thinking.....

Morton Kondracke in fresh ROLL CALL:

"Here's a harrowing pair of facts for Democrats: In 60 years, no Democrat has ever won the presidency without carrying the youth vote. And right now President Bush's approval rating among 18- to 29-year-olds is 62 percent, higher than his nationwide rating. Top Republican strategists admit that the youth vote is fluid, but right now the trends are all in their direction, which they hope is a harbinger not only for 2004, but also a possible longer-term party realignment."

A Bush campaign official said, "It's called the theory of political socialization. Who are the most Democratic people in America? It's the over-65 age group. Why? Because the two presidents they knew best were Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover. And who are the most Republican? People in their 40s, who came of age in the last two years of Jimmy Carter and the first two years of Ronald Reagan. If your politics were being formed during the last two years of Bill Clinton and the first two years of George Bush, there's a fairly good chance that we'll have your support."

Kondracke writes, "It seems impossible that a generation reared on free-love television and rap music, a generation far more tolerant of ethnic diversity and homosexuality than its elders, could support the GOP, whose base in anchored in the religious right. In fact, Democratic theorists such as Ruy Teixeira, John Judis and Stan Greenberg look upon the expanded role of minorities, cosmopolitan regions and diversity-minded young people to produce an 'emerging Democratic majority' through the force of demography.

"But, at the moment, the numbers support the view of GOP leaders that young people are trending Republican because they like Bush."