Hillary Clinton’s campaign has lots of excuses for losing. … But Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said Thursday that one particular group is especially to blame: millennials. … I’ll admit I was skeptical. Young people often get blamed for not showing up to vote; they’re an easy target that way. […] Read more »
How Millennials voted this election
… While many expected the low favorability ratings of the two candidates and the divisiveness of this election year to keep young voters home, 2016 saw similar rates of young adult turnout as 2012. On election day, Hillary Clinton won the youth vote (55 percent) while Donald Trump only garnered […] Read more »
How Trump Pushed Millennials Out of the Republican Party
… Even with the race’s late turmoil, Trump still faces long odds against overcoming Clinton’s lead in enough states to win. But Democrats can’t be entirely certain that Trump’s visceral connection with blue-collar, older, and non-urban whites won’t allow him to squeeze out a narrow victory. The problem for Republicans […] Read more »
Harvard Youth Poll: Clinton in commanding lead over Trump
A new national poll of America’s 18 to 29 year olds by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, finds Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 28%. Clinton captured 49% of likely young voters’ support while Trump received 21% in a four-way race. Gary […] Read more »
Poll: Young voters now coming through for Hillary Clinton
… In the new GenForward survey, Clinton leads among all young whites 35 percent to 22 percent, and by a 2-to-1 margin among those who are likely to vote. Clinton held a consistent advantage among young African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Hispanics in earlier GenForward polls, as she does in the new […] Read more »
Will Millennials vote? Poll finds record support for Clinton, but enthusiasm ebbing
Millennials back Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by more than 3-1, a new USA TODAY/Rock the Vote Poll finds, but enthusiasm about voting is dipping as a sharply negative campaign enters its final weeks. CONT. Susan Page & Karina Shedrofsky, USA Today Read more »