Every election cycle, Republicans dutifully recite platitudes about winning “the youth vote” and bringing younger voters into the GOP fold.
And in every election, Republicans fail to deliver on that.
Part of the problem is that young voters tend to live in the here and now — they want their student loans forgiven, they want cheaper homes, they want everything handed to them on a silver platter, even as they vote for Democrats who have caused most of the problems they’re complaining about. (Note: That by no means includes all young voters. Many of them are bright, well-informed, and understand the world as it is, not as the fairy tale the Democrats try to sell them.)
There’s not a lot Republicans can do about that. Some lessons have to be learned the hard way. Stories abound of young Democrats getting smacked in the face by reality when they receive their first tax bill or shop for their first house. The party of free money loses its appeal when the free money they’re giving away is yours.
It’s an age-old problem, but that doesn’t mean Republicans shouldn’t try. Unfortunately, the plan they’ve come up with involves banning Gen Z’s favorite…
Read the full article here