Posted on 11/01/2018 8:16:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
--A survey from Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics shows a more politically mobilized crop of young Americans leaning away from Trump and the GOP in the midterms in near-equal proportions.
--At the same time, the 18-to-29-year-old respondents appear to exhibit more support for some progressive policies.
--Forty percent of them said they will definitely vote in the upcoming elections, according to the study.
The newest generation of voters are more energized to vote in the midterm elections than they have been in previous cycles — but not for President Donald Trump or the Republican Party, a recent poll found.
The survey, released Monday by Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, shows a more politically mobilized crop of young Americans leaning away from Trump and the GOP in the midterms in near-equal proportions, even as the majority party's core issues — immigration, jobs and the economy — rank among their highest concerns.
At the same time, the 18-to-29-year-old respondents are more aligned with some progressive policies, though they have yet to fully embrace the label of "Democratic Socialist" applied to politicians such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders or New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Critics of the president were quick to draw dire implications from the poll. Bill Kristol, who founded the conservative political magazine The Weekly Standard and is often lambasted as a "Never Trumper" by the president's allies, said the GOP needs to "dump Trump" if it wants a future.
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Fake poll.
Democrats panicking over lack of Blue Wave turnout.
Conservatives need to dump Bill Kristin. What an anchor! He walks into a party and everyone there knows the party is over turn out the lights.
The 18-29 year olds will vote in record numbers, and the vast majority will vote Republican!
I guess we can take some small measure of hope from that.
We’ll be seeing a lot of FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) thrown at us in the coming days. Just ignore it.
The key word being “signal”.
Like they hopped on social media and said “yeah, I’m going to vote against that a-hole Trump, man!”
I’ll believe it when they actually DO it.
Only yesterday young people didn’t know what voting was and where you do it ,LOL
Early voting shows the yut vote underperforming.
Hmm ... so that’s why Abbott leads by 20 and Cruz by 8? Go figure.
Defund Planned Parenthood and give free birth control and the young people will vote Republican forever.
IF they do then they will learn the hard way. Not uncommon to make the same mistakes over and over again. Just like tearing down statues and erasing history - not accepting past mistakes - then making the same mistakes again. When I was young and foolish my elders tried to steer me in a more appropriate way, but like the young ones of today I wanted to make my own mistakes, as I did. Like the youth of today I thought I knew it all. That is one of the facts of life. Too bad, so sad.
Every poll that doesn’t tell me what I want to hear is fake.
We’ll know on Tuesday.
If true then it is a shame for them because it is them who will feel the suffering from Obama’s $20 trillion debt. They will have no hope.
I don’t believe the early and absentee ballots show that
Sure, its a good poll. They stood at Harvard Square and JFK ave and asked every millennial that walked by!
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Get ready for it; the majority of the polls from now to election day will have the RATS leading to de-energize the pubbie vote.
Get ready for it; the majority of the polls from now to election day will have the RATS leading to de-energize the pubbie vote.
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