Republicans living deep in denial have comforted themselves this year with a number of myths and half-truths.

“Young voters don’t like Hillary Clinton at all,” they’d say to themselves and each other, pointing to exit polling from the Democratic primary showing Bernie Sanders defeating Clinton by epic margins. “They’ll all become Republicans one day, when they get into the Real World” is the refrain often heard. The underlying message: Everybody stay calm. Things with the youth vote are fine.