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Tue May 29, 2012, 12:51 PM May 2012

Papantonio: Why Young Voters Are Leaving GOP

Republicans have done an amazing job in the last few months of alienating essentially every voter that isn’t a wealthy, older, white male. Their voter ID laws have affectively alienated minorities, their regressive policies towards women have pushed female voters away from them, and their lack of concern over education and student loans has left young voters looking elsewhere for politicians to vote for. So, at the end of the day, do Republicans have any shot at winning over the hearts and minds of young voters? Mike Papantonio attempts to answer that question with Ben Adler, a contributing writer for the Nation magazine.




Read The Full Article Here: http://www.thenation.com/blog/167641/can-romney-win-over-young-voters
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Papantonio: Why Young Voters Are Leaving GOP (Original Post) GoLeft TV May 2012 OP
I hope what he says is true Happydayz May 2012 #1
EH? Angelshare1 May 2012 #2

Happydayz

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1. I hope what he says is true
Tue May 29, 2012, 03:03 PM
May 2012

Because its depressing to see an awful lot of young voters willing to vote for a sexist, racist idiot like Ron Paul.

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