Ronnie Reagan Ancient History To Today's Young Voters

MRCTV
"College Students Don't Recognize Ronald Reagan"


My Take
If the Republicans wish to capture the youth vote they will have to reinvent the party. Young voters have no idea who this stalwart conservative President from the late 80's was over ten years before they were born when he assumed office in 1981.

Same goes for Democrats who assume today's young voters have any idea of who Bill Clinton is. Many of these kids weren't born yet either when Bill first assumed office 22 years ago in 1993. It's not entirely these kids' fault in not recognizing them. For these students it's ancient history.

I think both parties have a lot of ground to cover if they wish to appeal to young voters. Candidates may manage to get elected without them, but if we're to elect someone who represents all age groups it's important to our future success to include them.