Republicans want young voters — but they shouldn’t hold their breath
The presidential campaign for the 2016 elections is already very much underway and, as always, the race to win the youth vote is of critical importance. Politico recently reported that Republican operatives have been pursuing a variety of aggressive strategies to snatch up first-time voters in 2016.
The party is devoting energy to mining for data to piece together more and more information about young voters. It’s growing its online presence. It’s banking on huge registration drives.
But unfortunately for the GOP, in all likelihood it’s not going to work.
