Donald Trump Making Inroads With Young Voters—Economy a Key Issue
RedState -

The great Winston Churchill was reputed to have observed, "If a man at twenty is not a liberal, then he has no heart. If a man at forty is not a conservative, then he has no brain." That's an apocryphal statement, of course, but that doesn't mean it's untrue. Younger people tend to skew more politically to the left than their elders - at least, if you look at the broad strokes. But there is also a political pendulum that swings back and forth; as recently as the '80s, there was a trend wherein...

In related news

  • Donald Trump skeptical about making a hostage deal with Hamas

    Former President Donald Trump is casting doubt over the Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks, saying the terrorist organization cannot be trusted to return hostages, who he said are likely dead.

  • Donald Trump's Women Voter Problem is Getting Worse

    With seven months to go until November's presidential election and the majority of polls showing the presumptive presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden are basically neck-and-neck, the pair both need every vote they can to secure the keys to the White House.But Trump, the Republican former president, may be hampering his chances at success because of his standing with one key demographic in the adult voting population: women.Polls show that the proportion of women who plan to vote...

  • Reproductive freedom is No. 1 issue for young Democratic voters

    As protests related to the Israel-Hamas war erupt at college campuses nationwide, it's worth looking at the recently released Harvard Youth poll to take the temperature of what's important to young voters. Among Democrats age 18-29, women's reproductive rights topped the list, with young Democratic voters prioritizing it over other issues 68% of the time. Gun violence was a close second at 67%, and health care came in third at 63%.  That means many of the issues young Democrats prioritize are...