In the aftermath of the Wisconsin election, former Republican Gov. Scott Walker acknowledged the important role students played in determining the outcome but viewed the problem facing the party in a cultural context. “Young voters are the issue,” he wrote on Twitter. “It comes from years of radical indoctrination — on campus, in school, with social media, & throughout culture. We have to counter it or conservatives will never win battleground states again.”

Heh.

Edit: Axios has a related piece out this morning: https://www.axios.com/2023/07/23/trump-desantis-colleges-universities

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And the Republicans response will be to make it more difficult for college students to vote in their college towns instead of being less radical

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yeah, there’s literally a quote from a Republican in the article complaining that it’s too easy for college students to vote

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They may attempt that route but I suspect it would have a negative impact for the GOP. I feel it would stir up a hornets nest and increase the student vote.

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They’ve been talking about raising the age to vote for some time now for this exact reason

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Raise the age to drive. Lower the age to drink. Keep the age to go into the military and fire a fucking rifle the same.

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