(Yet another very real difference between the two parties. - promoted by Phillip Martin)
Only 2% of GOP National Delegates are Young Voters
Young People comprised 15% of DNC Delegates
Young Republicans will comprise less than two percent of all delegates attending the GOP Convention. A meager 42 young Republicans will participate in a convention with 2,380 total delegates, according to initial reports. By comparison, 631 young Democrats comprised 15 percent of the 4,234 total delegates at last week's Democratic National Convention.
Republicans are paying the price for failing young Americans over the last eight years. Exploding deficits, an unending war and rising costs in everything from gasoline to tuition have driven young people away from the Republican Party.
Republican failure to attract young voters has consequences at the ballot box. Young voters overwhelmingly preferred Democrats in the 2006 mid-term elections. In elections for the House of Representatives, voters aged 18-30 preferred Democratic candidates over Republican opponents 58 percent to 38 percent. In Senate races, Democratic candidates won the young vote 60 percent to 33 percent and in gubernatorial elections Democrats won 55 percent of the young vote compared to only 34 percent for Republicans. |
