The most damning conclusions lay in the survey’s examination of how people view the two major parties in terms of broad attributes. For Democrats, young voters chose “tolerant,” “diverse” and “open-minded,” while for Republicans they often chose “rich” and “religious.” In focus groups in January, the report said, young voters were asked to list leaders of the Democratic Party. “They named prominent former or currently elected officials: Pelosi, the Clintons, Obama, Kennedy, Gore. When those same respondents were asked to name Republican leaders, they focused heavily on media personalities and commentators: Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck.” Republicans are the ones ultimately to blame for this sorry state of affairs, but let’s not forget that branding Republicans as the party of Limbaugh was also one of Obama’s first goals when he took the White House.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:07:49 +0000
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