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Trumps win fuels growth in the ranks of College Republicans
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article117599793.htmlA lot of young Republicans did not vote for Trump.
Davis supported Independent candidate Gary E. Johnson, then posted how he voted on Facebook. Davis admits he had to put up with some social media threats because of it. And some off-campus student Republicans even suggested that he be impeached as UCM’s chapter president.
This generation of college Republicans does not so easily align with the anti-immigration, sexist and racist rhetoric that Trump used during his campaign, said Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, a youth research organization located at Tufts University.
In fact, she said, information collected during the primaries showed that two-thirds of the young Republicans did not support Trump. Instead, they backed Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson.
“When it comes to social issues,” she said, “today’s young Republicans may be much more socially progressive than the old Republican guard.”
Brady Herrington, a 19-year-old UCM freshman from Sedalia, Mo., said he identifies with Republicans because he’s fiscally conservative and supports small government. But like a lot of other College Republicans, he also supports “individual freedoms,”
As a group, College Republicans include libertarians, social conservatives and fiscal conservatives, said Steinhilber. But what bonds young College Republicans, he said, is support of “limited government and more freedoms in our own lives.”
Buxton said the “big tent” that houses College Republicans is a diverse group. And a lot of them support issues like gay marriage and a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion.
“I think there is a lot more tolerance among young people,” Herrington said. “I would say it’s a new generation of Republican.”
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article117599793.html#storylink=cpy
Davis supported Independent candidate Gary E. Johnson, then posted how he voted on Facebook. Davis admits he had to put up with some social media threats because of it. And some off-campus student Republicans even suggested that he be impeached as UCM’s chapter president.
This generation of college Republicans does not so easily align with the anti-immigration, sexist and racist rhetoric that Trump used during his campaign, said Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, a youth research organization located at Tufts University.
In fact, she said, information collected during the primaries showed that two-thirds of the young Republicans did not support Trump. Instead, they backed Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson.
“When it comes to social issues,” she said, “today’s young Republicans may be much more socially progressive than the old Republican guard.”
Brady Herrington, a 19-year-old UCM freshman from Sedalia, Mo., said he identifies with Republicans because he’s fiscally conservative and supports small government. But like a lot of other College Republicans, he also supports “individual freedoms,”
As a group, College Republicans include libertarians, social conservatives and fiscal conservatives, said Steinhilber. But what bonds young College Republicans, he said, is support of “limited government and more freedoms in our own lives.”
Buxton said the “big tent” that houses College Republicans is a diverse group. And a lot of them support issues like gay marriage and a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion.
“I think there is a lot more tolerance among young people,” Herrington said. “I would say it’s a new generation of Republican.”
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article117599793.html#storylink=cpy
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