When a Young Republicans group gathered in Houston earlier this month to debate election strategy, top of the agenda was not how to battle Hillary Clinton – but whether they should support their own party’s candidate. Leading up to the general election, ambivalence towards Trump from many millennial Republicans is compounding the long-term erosion of support for the party among young and middle-aged people. “I can’t name a single young Republican I know who doesn’t support gay rights at this point ... but of course I am still for a limited government, basing your principles on the constitution, states’ rights. “As a young conservative, I think it’s a good thing if you rattle up the establishment,” he said. “After every election, some of the wise men in the Republican party say, ‘Oh yeah, we need to go after this group of people, after younger people,’” he said.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2016 10:52 UTC