Hillary Clinton isn’t loved by demographics that made up the Obama coalition, but many will grit their teeth and vote for her over Donald Trump.
Hence “why Trump is likely to be a general election disaster for Republicans based on the available data,” Guy Benson wrote for Townhall.
When millennials face that choice, it’s no contest. “Opposition to Trump nearly unites the rising generation,” Susan Page and Jenny Ung wrote for an analysis of a USA Today/Rock the Vote poll. Clinton would clobber Trump 52 percent to 19 percent among voters under 35. That’s a stark contrast from her millennial support in the Democratic primaries and caucuses. Even in states she’s handily won, Hillary has hardly won a majority of youth voters. Going up against Trump in the general election could be her chance. “Trump is getting trounced,” Benson said.
While Mitt Romney had 37 percent of the youth vote in 2012, and even won with white millennials by seven points, Trump would need to outperform him. But, Trump isn’t. He’s “attracted the support of less than one-in-five young voters, is losing white millennials by 19 points, and causes roughly a quarter of young Republicans to bolt the party,” Benson noted.
Trump would fall short with women voters, too. Benson cites the Los Angeles Times to refer to “what you might call Clinton’s coalition of the unwilling.” That includes even Republican women, who may cross aisles or stay home.
It looks as if #NeverTrump may take precedence over #NeverClinton for many young voters.
