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Friday, October 10, 2014

Here Are the Two Candidates Millennials Would Pick to Run Against Each Other in 2016 Presidential Election: Poll

If there were a primary among 18 to 34 year olds right now, Democrat Hillary Clinton would be facing Republican Paul Ryan for the White House, according to a Fusion “Massive Millennial Poll”that surveyed 1,200 likely voters in that age group and also found fewer are ready to support Democrats than in the 2012 presidential election.

“Our sample was screened for the people who actually vote in midterms, which is a small percentage of the overall millennial population,” the Fusion press release said. “Just 23 percent of millennials are expected to cast a vote in the midterms, according to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.”

Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the 2012 vice presidential candidate, got 16 percent of young voters, beating out former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 11 percent and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul at 9 percent. That’s perhaps somewhat surprising, given Paul’s libertarianism and his effort to court young voters. But clearly the Republican contest is pretty tightly contested in this age group.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hillary just needs to give it up, shut up and go home and rock Charlotte.

Anonymous said...

The old and the new!

The HildaBeast would cost us four more years of what we're suffering through now!

Anonymous said...

1200 people polled is hardly expansive enough to paint any kind of picture or outcome.
This is what's wrong with polls.

Anonymous said...

Have 18 yo or even early 20's learned enough about life to really form an informed decision? Have they had a 30 year mortgage or paid for braces?