There was an interesting article in the always fair and balanced NY Post look at young voters, partially Young Republicans, and how while they support lower taxes and more fiscally conservative policies, their view on the hot button social issues ranges from libertarian to indifference. This is a reason why in New Jersey and Massacusettes, “… old-guard liberals were recently replaced by Chris Christie and Scott Brown, libertarian-ish Republicans who are socially liberal but fiscally conservative.”
Actually, by “they” I should say “we” because I’m a Young Republican myself and find that in running with other YRs, while we’re united behind fiscal policy and (for the most part) foreign policy, socially we’re all over the place, Myself for example, while I’m Pro Life and think people should be allowed to responsibly own and carry fire arms, I also think gay people should have the legal right to make the same mistakes that straight people do, and with out being a “global warming alarmist” still think that pumping chemicals into the atmosphere is probably not a good thing.
And as the article shows, most youngins in general are scattered…
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All of the new members in the Young Republicans we’ve picked up this year, every one of them, we’ve gotten because of President Obama. They don’t care aboot the Republican Party per se and aren’t there hoping someone will give them a patronage job. They’re there because Obama’s reckless domestic agenda is scaring the hell out of them. We’ve even picked up two recent converts who voted for him in November that are just realizing what they’ve done.
