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By Morgan Whitaker
“Solely for the rich.”
“Lacking in diversity.”
“Closed-minded.”
“Racist.”
This is how younger voters characterized the Republican party, according to a 95-page study released Monday by the College Republican National Committee. The report’s authors had an equally blunt assessment: “dismal present situation.”
Voters under 30 criticized the party for its stance on issues like same-sex marriage and contraception, while the report’s authors blamed what they describe as “errant Republicans’ voices.”
But like the Republican National Committee’s own autopsy from earlier this year, the report gives few suggestions for policy changes that might win over the youth vote, focusing instead on messaging. The report does suggest that the party be “open to debate” on marriage equality.
Minority voters present an especially significant challenge for the GOP.
“[Republicans have] that mentality that you’re born like royalty and the peasants stay peasants,” a young Hispanic voter said, according to the report. “I don’t think that is the view that America was founded on. This is supposed to be a land of opportunity.”
Another young Hispanic voter blasted the party over the defunding of Planned Parenthood. “I think Romney wanted to cut Planned Parenthood. And he supports policies where it would make it harder for a woman to get an abortion should she choose, even if it were medically necessary. That goes…with redefining rape,” she said.
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Voters under 30 criticized the party for its stance on issues like same-sex marriage and contraception, while the report’s authors blamed what they describe as “errant Republicans’ voices.”
But like the Republican National Committee’s own autopsy from earlier this year, the report gives few suggestions for policy changes that might win over the youth vote, focusing instead on messaging. The report does suggest that the party be “open to debate” on marriage equality.
Minority voters present an especially significant challenge for the GOP.
“[Republicans have] that mentality that you’re born like royalty and the peasants stay peasants,” a young Hispanic voter said, according to the report. “I don’t think that is the view that America was founded on. This is supposed to be a land of opportunity.”
Another young Hispanic voter blasted the party over the defunding of Planned Parenthood. “I think Romney wanted to cut Planned Parenthood. And he supports policies where it would make it harder for a woman to get an abortion should she choose, even if it were medically necessary. That goes…with redefining rape,” she said.
Voters under 30 criticized the party for its stance on issues like same-sex marriage and contraception, while the report’s authors blamed what they describe as “errant Republicans’ voices.”
But like the Republican National Committee’s own autopsy from earlier this year, the report gives few suggestions for policy changes that might win over the youth vote, focusing instead on messaging. The report does suggest that the party be “open to debate” on marriage equality.
Minority voters present an especially significant challenge for the GOP.
“[Republicans have] that mentality that you’re born like royalty and the peasants stay peasants,” a young Hispanic voter said, according to the report. “I don’t think that is the view that America was founded on. This is supposed to be a land of opportunity.”
Another young Hispanic voter blasted the party over the defunding of Planned Parenthood. “I think Romney wanted to cut Planned Parenthood. And he supports policies where it would make it harder for a woman to get an abortion should she choose, even if it were medically necessary. That goes…with redefining rape,” she said.
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- Excerpts: College Republicans’ Report on ‘Dismal Situation’ with Young Voters (democrats.org)
- Young voters call GOP ‘closed-minded,’ ‘racist,’ ‘old-fashioned’ and ‘for the rich’ (tv.msnbc.com)
- College Republicans to GOP: Drop Marriage Opposition If You Want Our Vote (advocate.com)
- What All The Kidz Are Saying (esquire.com)
- Brutal Report by College Republicans on the GOP, ‘closed-minded, racist, rigid, old-fashioned’ (freakoutnation.com)
- GOP report: Republicans have failed young Latino voters (nbclatino.com)
- Priebus hails college GOP report (politico.com)
- GOP Problems With Young Voters: A Messaging Problem, And A Policy Problem (outsidethebeltway.com)
- College Republicans report: Undecided voters in 2012 found GOP to be ‘closed-minded, racist’ (thegrio.com)
- College Republicans: Stereotypes a drag (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)
Republicans have always had the same problem with their image – it’s not always accurate but the thought of a typical Republican as an old stubborn grouch is here to stay I reckon.