How Did Ronald Reagan do so well with young Voters

[OSR stands with Israel]

I mean in 1984 they went over 60% to reagan which was better then he did in the national popular vote. How did Reagan do so well with young voters while Nixon,Ford, Bush Sr did significantly worse then Reagan among young voters.

[Sumner 1868]

The generation that made up youth in the 1980s were being taught by the entire national culture that "greed is good" and the economic bubble of the time reinforced this belief. So naturally, they had total faith supply-side policies.

[Thunderbird is the word]

Most generations political views are shaped by there collective experiences. Older Baby Boomers tended to lean to the left because of Vietnam and Millenialls do because of student debt and an economy that doesn't really work for them combined with coming of age under the Bush administration. Generation X bought into the "morning in America" schtick I think because they associated the bad economy of the 70s with Carter.

[OSR stands with Israel]

youth in the 80s made a better decision in politics then youth now

[LLR]

Because he was all hip with the kids

[Nym90]

Generations are cyclical in their voting habits and tend to vote based on how the political winds were blowing when they were coming of age. People in their 40s today (who grew up with Reagan) tend to still be fairly conservative. The "Greatest Generation" who grew up with FDR remained pretty Democratic for most of their lives. Just to cite two examples.

[Hydera]

There was a large economic rebound after the 1980 and 1981-1982 recessions and many under-30s voted for Reagan because of this.

[Sumner 1868]

Most generations political views are shaped by there collective experiences. Older Baby Boomers tended to lean to the left because of Vietnam and Millenialls do because of student debt and an economy that doesn't really work for them combined with coming of age under the Bush administration. Generation X bought into the "morning in America" schtick I think because they associated the bad economy of the 70s with Carter.

There's actually a bit of a divide within Gen X voting patterns, with those reaching age under Reagan voting Republican (though not to the extent they did in the 80s) but those who came of age under Bush Sr. and Clinton being more Democratic.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Because they were young in liberal political climate and have voted Republican not only in this case but for the most part they have sense.

 and he was the most charismatic president in American history.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Reagan was and still is the best president since Eisenhower.

[hopper]

Because he had a good message that's why he did well with younger voters unlike Republican Presidential Candidates in the past 2 cycles(2012 and 2016.)

[sg0508]

Younger voters were able to find decent jobs after the bad recession. 

[Matty]

Because young people then didn't give a sh**t about the new deal and didn't care who FDR was, yet the dems in the 80s were still on that train.

[hopper]

Because young people then didn't give a sh**t about the new deal and didn't care who FDR was, yet the dems in the 80s were still on that train.

Yeah just like most Republican Politicians are still on the Reagan Train now. We will see if most Republicans Politicians are still on that train after Election Night 2016!

[Figueira]

"The youth vote" in 1984 was born from roughly 1954 to 1966, so most of them were (the more conservative half of) Baby Boomers. Most of Generation X hadn't started voting yet.

[Kingpoleon]

Ford vs. Carter set up a strange coalition where minorities, females, urbanites, and young people were generally voting Republican far more than usual, and white males, the elderly, rural voters, and evangelicals were generally voting Democratic far more than usual. Reagan added his own coalition and used the previous appeal of Ford to his advantage, reminding the Ford Coalition that it was okay to vote for a Republican.

[Green Line]

It was morning in America.  Young people were living the good life in the 80's.  Ever seen Breakfast Club?  Ferris Bueller?  No wonder they were Republicans.

[RaphaelDLG]

[Young Conservative]

What is amazing is that he made many of these voters lifelong republicans. My dad grew up in a strong Democratic Union Household and cast his first presidential vote for Reagan. He has never voted for a democrat. Granted Jimmy Carter turned him off democrats in the first place... perhaps he is more to blame.

[Fuzzybigfoot]

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