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Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Young people flocking to Bush?

What are we in now, the anti-matter world where youngsters support the Republican candidate? The anti-matter world where the NBA is dominated by white players and France is a strong supporter of USA military action?

A Powerline reader sends this in:

UPDATE: Reader Will Franklin links to the Post's site and notes that "It has a neat feature where you can crosstab the polls to age and other factors." I'll take his word for it, since I can't make it work. Will says that young people are "flocking to Bush:"

-Younger voters, 18-30, have lower levels of unfavorable ratings than all other age groups toward Bush (33%, compared to 52% favorable). --They support Bush over Kerry by the widest margin of any age cohort (53-41).
-For people 18-30 (regarding Bush): Approve somewhat+approve strongly= 54. Disapprove somewhat+disapprove strongly=39.
-John Kerry's lowest favorable rating comes from 18-30 year olds (33%).
-Young people are the most satisfied (58-41) with the way things are going of any age group (overall, it is 49-49).
-Young people trust Bush over Kerry by the widest margins of any age group (60-33).
-Same with terrorism (59-35).
-Same with "Strong leader" (65-25).
-Same with "make the country more safe and secure" (60-31).
-Same with "qualified to be commander in chief" (60-37).

Interesting. In some ways, the President whom Bush most resembles is Ronald Reagan. Young people were always Reagan's strongest demographic. In this election, it may be that young people, who tend to be optimistic and confident by nature, are turned off by John Kerry's defeatism. It may be, too, that young people have less solid connections to either party than older voters, and so view Kerry (and Bush too) more objectively.

Best of Luck JFKerry. You are going to defeated by an unpopular President.

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