Jim Manzi posted a poll on National Review Online. He said "...Republicans face losing a generation as decisively as the Democrats did under Reagan if they don't figure out how to appeal to people under 30."
Here's the note I sent him in response:
I think you may misunderstand something. Democrats don't "appeal" to young people either. It's not about appeal. It's all about negativity, dislike, unhappiness, victimization, and shallow immaturity. No one tells these people the truth and they've been told it doesn't matter. Nothing matters. Except saying you care about the Earth and oppose the war can help your social status -- you might get invited to a party. Pretense to ideals is their virtue and talking points are their creed, if they even bother with those.
These people can't be reached until they grow up. And since many of their "parents" never grew up to be responsible adults, why should they?
A good conservative leader could gain the support of this group, but so could a good communist leader. Anyone with a good story and a magnetic personality could do it. They want to be told a story. That story was Obama's, but flakes blow where the wind takes them and the wind is not in Obama's favor.
Don't take these young people's political opinion seriously. They are not serious.
America is shallow. If you want something to worry about, worry about that.
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