The media have claimed that conservatives must become more moderate or face permanent irrelevancy after the supposedly solid liberal Millennial generation of 18-29 year olds overwhelmingly supported reelection of Barack Obama.
These dire warnings reminded me of the media geniuses who proclaimed after Jimmy Carter’s Presidential victory in 1976 that the 18-29 year olds of the Baby Boomer generation would always vote as a liberal block. Four years later, Baby Boomers abandoned liberalism and began reliably voting as Ronald Reagan conservatives for the next three decades.
As Millennials’ support of President Obama has plummeted this year, it is liberalism that may again be facing decades of irrelevancy.
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