If you were an 18-to-21-year-old voter today, which political party would you join?
One major party embraces cryptocurrency; the other does not. (Crypto scares me to death, but young people love it)
One party embraces AI; the other does not. Artificial intelligence may save the Republic by ferreting out all of the waste and duplicative spending, which everyone knows exists in government but has not been able to prove yet ― until DOGE came along.
One party supports entrepreneurship, innovation and making money; the other suppresses all of it.
Is there a more aspirational goal than to land a man on Mars nowadays?
One party says we should go for it; the other whines about who is financing it.
Young people see one political party intent on increasing opportunity through lower taxes, far less government control and freedom of speech.
They also see one party that supports the rule of law and the proper separation of powers of our three branches of government.
On the other hand, they see a dark, depressive, angry political party that embraces violence in the streets, willful rejection of established law, open borders and biological men taking over women’s sports. They say because of its past, America is a terrible place to live ― which makes one wonder why they still live here.
The Dark and Depressing Party (DDP) hides everything from public view.
Starting with Barack Obama’s college transcripts (is that really a matter of “national security”?) and ending with a five-year cover-up of Joe Biden’s mental health (has his White House physician lost his medical license yet?), the DDP acts like the Soviet Politburo and lies about everything.
Which party do you think has the most appeal to young people today ― the optimistic, forward-looking Republican Party or the cynical, negative and snarling Democratic Party of the socialist left?
The choice is easy. And it is about to get easier as prosperity and safety return to the main streets of America.
In the summer of 1978. I made such a decision ― and never looked back.
I got my first paycheck in my first “real” job after college ― and was shocked to see 30% of it was just gone.
“What is this ‘FICA’ tax thing all about anyway?” I asked everyone I knew. “Federal withholding ― what’s that? State withholding? FUTA? Health insurance premium deduction?”
I went to a local Democratic precinct meeting, which just happened to be at the house of a prominent Durham City Council member who lived right across the street. I was so infuriated by the dictatorial nature of this haughty precinct boss I changed my registration to Republican the very next morning.
I started to pay much closer attention to politics. I saw Democrats blowing themselves up with 12% inflation, sky-high gas prices and 21% interest rates.
And then, in 1979, radical Muslim ayatollahs held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran for 444 days ― and President Jimmy Carter did nothing to save them.
On the other side, I saw former Republican California Gov. Ronald Reagan talking cheerily about how great America was and how we needed more freedom, prosperity and strength on the world stage, not less. His message of hope, inspiration and excellence was compelling and attractive ― and I decided I wanted to be a part of the Reagan Revolution right then and there.
The same thing is happening right now. Young people are put off by all of the identity politics and suppression of speech they have seen Democrats use for the past decade, and they are sick of it. Black and Hispanic voters saw their disposable incomes decline dramatically under the Biden administration, so they voted in dramatic numbers for Donald Trump in 2024, many voting Republican for the first time ever.
Once the borders are sealed and criminals are deported or put in jail, and the economy explodes after the DOGE savings are implemented and interest rates crash due to lack of new federal debt to finance, these voting groups may coalesce into a new Republican majority for the next 50 years much like how the GOP dominated after the Civil War.
Elderly grouches such as Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, who lead the Democratic Party, are just too angry and backward-looking to be appealing to most people today. If they had one lick of self-awareness, they would heed the words of snarky, sarcastic and grouchy Groucho Marx when he said: “I would never join a club who would have me as a member!”
If I were a young man today, I would never join them. Would you?
