Young Downscale Voters Didn't Show Up At Polls in 2008 Elections
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Not the strongest demographic for Republicans
I'm sure those young downscale voters would have went out in droves for McCain if they had only been aware of his plans to not raise the top marginal tax rate and his plans to lower capital gains and estate taxes. If only they knew.
OK. So Republicans are going to have trouble with young downscale voters, but what about young upscale voters? Tax cuts are attractive, but the social conservative crowd will scare many of these folks away. Many wealthy people here in the Northeast would vote Republican for financial reasons, but are repelled by the creationists and homophobes. Republicans will do better in the future if they focus on reckless spending by the Dems and completely ignore the "culture war" issues. Or better yet, if they can evolve and accept science and gay folks.
Go ahead and research
But please don't purport to "find" that those young folks who did not show up would have somehow chosen McCain if only they could have gotten there.
