Hey Hillary, it’s Paul Ryan.
In a Quinnipiac University poll that’s intriguing but indicative of virtually nothing because it’s only July 2014, the Wisconsin congressman and former vice-presidential nominee garners the most Millennial support among five prominent Republicans in a head-to-head matchup with Clinton.
Polling Ryan, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the P90x star receives 36 percent among those 18 to 29 years old, to Clinton’s 48 percent. No other Republican breaks 31 percent support or keeps Hillary below the 50 percent mark.
Rand Paul, conventionally described as having the libertarian streak that appeals more to youth than Ryan’s mainstream conservatism, loses against Hillary among Millennials 31 to 54 percent.
Also, Ryan and Paul were the most favored Republicans in a Reason-Rupe survey of Millennials released Thursday. The Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard reports:
Separately, when asked to pick from 15 Democratic and Republican candidates who they would vote for, Hillary Clinton did best, with 53 percent putting her on their list. Vice President Joe Biden was second with 30 percent. The top Republicans, tied at 17 percent, were Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Rand Paul.
When asked their top choice for president, Clinton crushed it again. She won 39 percent of registered millennial voters, followed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren with 9 percent; Biden, 7 percent; Ryan and Paul tied at 6 percent; and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at 5 percent.
President Obama won at least 60 percent of the under-30 vote in both the 2012 and 2008 general elections.
