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Last Updated on Monday, 17 August 2009 01:47 Written by rslcpol Monday, 17 August 2009 01:47
From the Denver Post:
Over the course of the last election, a new political reality emerged: Young voters — the same ones who propelled Barack Obama to victory and who will soon dominate American politics — seem to be turning out a lot more liberal than their parents and grandparents. Should this trend continue, Republicans will have a tough time building any sort of majority again.
Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry, one of three Republicans who are running for Gov. Bill Ritter’s seat next year, sees a “demographic time bomb if Republicans don’t get their act together.” There’s a real chance that young voters will form a permanent Democratic voting bloc if, as Penry puts it, Republicans “don’t provide a credible governing alternative.”