TELL US: Can the Youth Vote be Swayed?
Wheaton College student tells the Huffington Post that so long as the Republican Party takes a hardline stance on social issues the answer is no.
After last Tuesday's election, studies have shown that young voters continue to lean toward the Democratic Party and had a heavy hand in re-electing President Barack Obama. An analysis by Center for Research and Information on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University determined that without voters ages 18 to 29 - who made up 19 percent of the electorate - Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania would have been flipped from Blue to Red. Brian Jencunas, a student at Wheaton College, recently told the Huffington Post that while the GOP might not win the youth vote by a 20 point margin, there's no reason they should surrender it. "There is a large portion of millennials who are natural Republican voters. They distrust large …
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