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Pollster: Hillary is struggling, Trump could win youth vote

Despite Donald Trump’s struggle with millennial voters, pollster Kellyanne Conway told The Boston Herald that he could win the demographic in November. Conway was recently hired by the Trump campaign, but her points have merit on their own.

She noted that President Obama saw his millennial support shrink from 66 percent in 2008 to 60 percent in 2012. While Hillary Clinton has a lead over Trump, she “has a hard time getting there and staying there in most of the national polls,” which is also the case in swing state polls.

Conway thinks that Trump can attract millennial Bernie Sanders supporters. The GOP nominee has talked about reaching out to them for months. Immediately following Sanders’s endorsement of Hillary, Trump released a campaign video reminding voters of what Sanders previously said about her qualifications.

Conway is right to mention the Sanders supporters who won’t go for Hillary. The endorsement fell flat with many, and a significant percentage of Sanders supporters would prefer to vote third party instead.

There’s also the appeal to millennials living in rust-belt states. This isn’t just Trump strategist talk. As E.J. Dionne, columnist for The Washington Post, said in May, if Trump had a path to the White House that would be it. Conway believes that the Trump-Pence ticket veers “on to the party of the working class,” which appeals to millennials.

If millennials can see through false promises, including “free” college from the Democrats, they’d be inclined to agree. The economic situation is a sorry state for millennials, and young voters across the political aisle agree that the economy is a top issue, according to a recent Harvard IOP poll.

“For millennials, 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,” Conway said.