"WASHINGTON -- A report by the College Republican National Committee released Monday<http://images.skem1.com/client_id_32089/Grand_Old_Party_for_a_Brand_New_Generation.pdf> found that most students hold positions closer to Democrats on many issues, underscoring the difficulty in the GOP's push for younger voters. Yet, the report remains vague on solutions for Republicans."
I don't think young people are Liberal, as much as they are rejecting the often racist and extreme positions of the current crop of GOP leaders. "The report found that 50 percent wanted to "cut government spending significantly," seemingly a winning issue for Republicans. However, a "large number" of respondents wanted to start with the defense budget. Fifty-four percent of respondents in a March 2013 survey said taxes should go up on the wealthy, which Republicans have long opposed. Just 3 percent said taxes should be cut for the wealthy. On health care, 41 percent said Obama's health care reform law would make the health care system better, versus 32 percent who thought it would make things worse. House Republicans have tried 37 times<http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-16/politics/39306992_1_house-republicans-repeal-health-care-law> to repeal Obamacare." The question really is WHO does the second party in the US represent? It doesn't seem to represent the general US public. (which from my observations is a good thing). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/03/college-republicans-report_n_3378568.html Canada's Conservative Party doesn't seem to have a problem getting support, but then would Canada's Conservatives be considered conservative by US Standards? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364110 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
