CAN TRUMP DENT THE YOUTH VOTE? – AT 11:51 A.M. ET:  This is fascinating.  Is it possible for Donald Trump to neutralize Clinton's hold on the youth vote?  From the Boston Herald: 

CLEVELAND — Donald Trump can close the massive gap among young voters that sank Republicans’ chances at the White House in 2012 and take advantage of Hillary Clinton’s ongoing problems connecting with millennials, the real estate mogul’s newly hired pollster told the Herald.

“Yes, definitely,” said Kellyanne Conway, a Republican strategist who now works for Trump. “President Obama won 66 percent of young people in 2008. He won 60 percent of them in 2012. And Hillary Clinton has a hard time getting there and staying there in most of the national polls” and in swing-state surveys.

Conway said she thinks Trump can attract millennials who supported Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in the primaries and still don’t accept Clinton, as well as those living in rust-belt states, where Trump is hoping to attract blue-collar Democrats.

“The Trump-Pence ticket actually saves the Republican Party from veering dangerously close to becoming the party of the elites, where it was headed, and on to the party of the working class,” Conway said. “And that appeals to lots of millennials.

“For millennials,” she added, “a big economic and national security message is, do you feel as safe, do you feel as prosperous as either your parents did at this stage in their lives or as you think you deserve to be? The answer for many of them is no.”

Attracting young voters was a huge problem for Republicans in 2012. Former Bay State Gov. Mitt Romney only captured 37 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds, according to exit polls.

Trump has a lot of room to make up. This week’s Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 8 points among millennials ages 18-24 and by 22 points among 25-34 year olds.

Facebook Global Politics and Government Outreach Director Katie Harbath told the Herald the number of people 18-34 who have been engaging in political discussions on the social media platform has been climbing since the beginning of 2015, and she expects it to translate into a large voter turnout among that demographic on Nov. 8.

COMMENT:  Okay, but the only way Trump can win is by being self-disciplined and on-message, and that is where he messes up...regularly.  He did it yesterday again.  His advisers really have to sit down and explain the world to him.

And he can use Ivanka among the millennials.  Star quality always counts.

July 23, 2016