The percentage of young people identifying with the Republicans has been in steady decline
The percentage of young people identifying with the Republicans has been in steady decline since the early 1990s, when 18-to-25 year olds were actually more Republican than other age cohorts.
Source: [citig Pew Research Center survey of attitudes of Generation Nextâ€] Grand Obselete Party, The Agenda, Atlantic Monthly, April 2007, 30.