Only Some of Our Young Are Now Independent Americans

Nat Hentoff:

I often worry about today's young growing up in a country where everybody is liable to be under secret government surveillance, with nearly all of these Americans never having violated any law. How much expectation of individual constitutional liberty can these young citizens have?

But now I am somewhat heartened by the results of a recent (reliable) poll by Quinnipiac University described in a Nov. 18 lead editorial in the New York Post:

"In 2008 and 2012, millennials -- voters between ages 18 and 30 -- came out in a big way for Barack Obama."

But now, "something's changed. The poll has young voters disapproving of the president by a 54 percent to 36 percent margin ... Only 43 percent of the under-30s say the president is honest and trustworthy. By contrast, a majority -- 51 percent -- say he's not."

Moreover, "60 percent of young voters disapprove of the way the president's handling the economy. Fifty-six percent disapprove of Obama's handling of health care. Fifty-three percent disapprove of his handling of foreign policy" ("Young voters turn against President Obama," New York Post, Nov. 18).

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 2, 2013 12:45 AM
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