Maybe Ann Romney should focus her ire toward young Republicans instead of the media.
According to a fact sheet posted on Civicyouth.org, if Mitt Romney would have carried the youth vote in key battleground states such as Ohio and Florida, it would be the Romney administration dealing with the sequester and the debt ceiling instead of Obama’s crew.
While the youth vote has always been an important factor for Obama, it was one of the key reasons why he held off Romney’s charge to unseat him from the big chair in the situation room.
Obama’s victory over Romney in Florida with voters under 30 was almost 30 percent. That margin narrowed as the voting bloc aged, but Romney didn’t start to show progress until the voting age rose to 45.
But it’s not just Democrats and political research websites that have noticed the trend, so have Young Republicans.
Peret Pass, the 24-year old head of the Florida Federation of Young Republicans, is a little irritated at the Republican party’s outreach efforts to young people.
After sitting on a conference call with Florida Governor Rick Scott, Pass took to her Facebook page to voice her frustration.
“If the party wants to be serious about engaging the youth, whether its teenagers or 40 year olds, they are going to have to come into our backyards and communicate a message that is attractive to young people.”
After reading what she had to say, a spokesman for the party voiced displeasure in Pass’ statement.
But Pass wasn’t done. She continued her rant in an e-mail to Matt Dixon of The Florida Times-Union.
“Bottom line, we are fed up with the party’s approach to the way they outreach to young people as well as other constituency groups. We can offer solutions to the Republican Party just like the youth did for Obama.”
Think the Republican Party should add retention to their list of priorities to go along with diversity, Latino outreach and learning how to properly deal with the tea party?
Not to pile on the party of Marco Rubio and Will Weatherford, but I’m sure this pleases the eyes of many Democrats around the state, because it shows that the Republican Party of Florida may be a little more fractured than the big tent that Allison Tant and Debbie Wasserman Schultz represent.
-JH
