Pollster Frank Luntz: GOP has 'lost' the millennial generation

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The Hill:

CLEVELAND—Republican pollster Frank Luntz on Tuesday told delegates at the Republican convention that the GOP has “lost” the millennial generation of voters.

 

Addressing the South Carolina delegation, Luntz blamed the Democratic Party’s hold on younger adults to colleges and universities who he said are leading them toward socialism.

 

"We have lost, it's not like we are losing, we have lost that generation. And I don't care if you are a Democrat, Republican, Independent, none of the above. The fact that 58 percent [of millennials] say socialism is the better form of economics, that is the damage of academia,” he said at a breakfast event in Cleveland.

“The No. 1 priority to me is what happens at universities. And yes, Capitol Hill matters, yes politics matter, but a whole generation is being taught by professors who voted for Bernie Sanders. That’s a problem that begs for a solution.”

 

As he spoke, one delegate muttered under his breath: “We are screwed.”

 

Turning to the presidential race, Luntz noted Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump in the polls while noting the important role North Carolina could play in the fall.