NYT: Young Republicans Find Fault With Elders on List of Social Issues

[Scuba]

Turns out the young Republicans want to get high.



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/11/us/politics/social-issues-splitting-young-republicans-from-their-elders.html

While much attention has been devoted to the split between the establishment and the Tea Party, the growing divide along generational lines among Republicans could cause a significant a rift. Younger conservatives are more firmly staking out a libertarian orientation on social issues in a way that will shape the 2016 presidential primary as candidates seek to appeal to activists who are in the party because of social issues and to younger voters who see some aspects of cultural conservatism as intolerant.

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While views on same-sex marriage highlight an obvious division in the party, there is also a widening generational gap when it comes to marijuana. Half of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents under 45 support legalizing the drug, while two-thirds of Republicans over 45 oppose making pot legal, according to the Times/CBS News poll.

“People view it as a waste of government resources,” explained Gabriel Sachs, 19 and a Purdue University sophomore, about keeping marijuana outlawed. “We’re sending people to jail for this drug that doesn’t really hurt anyone.”

Mr. Sachs’s profile illustrates the new Republican vanguard: He supported Mr. Romney for president and likes his party’s stance on the minimum wage and taxes, but he is exasperated at Indiana legislators for trying to enact a ban on same-sex marriage. He is also active in his campus’s chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or Norml.

Yet The Democratic Party, California aside, seems think legalization is a losing issue. Behind the curve, again.

[Berlum]

1. "We're just not into bathroom-stall diaper sex with hookers like you geezers." - Yung Repubbies

[jsr]

2. The elders should take the young'uns on a little hunting trip