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Are Millennials Getting More Conservative?

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The Relationship Between Donald Trump and Millennials

I think Republicans really dropped the ball when it came to millennials in Gen Z and understanding why the world they grew up in meant questioning a lot of things that Republicans just took for granted. Donald Trump is not what we would traditionally think of as a religious individual, at least not in line with the evangelical Christianity that sort of Reagan was channeling. I don't think he's the one that's going to save the Republican Party from its problem with young voters. But there are some things like foreign policy where he may be more in line with young people than the Republican Party of old.

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