Sen. Rand Paul (R – Ky.) seems to have the majority of millennials figured out.
The presidential hopeful spoke with The Federalist this week about his foreign policy views and the shift toward libertarian views among millennials.
“I think the libertarian influence, the libertarian-ish Republican, the libertarian conservatives in many ways is great for the party, because it brings in young people and enthusiasm,” Paul said. “Kids aren’t as wedded to party, but I think kids are very open to arguments of liberty, arguments of privacy, arguments of keeping the government out of their lives. I think there is nothing but good that comes from that. It is a good thing to try to get our party bigger.”
A Reason-Rupe survey from July found most millennials do not identify with either party fully because they don’t trust them.
About 52 percent of millennials identify themselves as independents. Just 16 percent self-identify as Republicans and 32 percent label themselves as Democrats.
More than 60 percent of these millennial voters said the current government is inefficient and wasteful and only 25 percent of trusted government agencies to do the right thing the majority of the time. The study also found that 50 percent of millennials do not trust Republicans or Democrats on the issue of privacy.
