Opinion: The anti-Trump generation engages
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on April 16. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 24 at 12:30 PM President Trump has managed to widen the gender gap and alienate college-educated whites in a way no previous Republican president did.
This came in the context of an election in which Republicans clung to Trump, who was omnipresent in election coverage. “Americans’ interest in midterm elections usually lags far behind that of presidential years," The Post reports, “but in 2018 there were places where turnout approached or even exceeded levels seen in the 2016 presidential election. The historical surge signals the potential for record-setting turnout in 2020.
The problem for Republicans is undeniable: “Millennials remain the most liberal and Democratic of the adult generations.” Younger voters are more attuned to racial discrimination and have more affinity for immigrants. In addition, “Millennials and Gen Xers are more likely than Boomers or Silents to say the government should do more for the needy, even if it means going deeper into debt.
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