Generation Z In The GOP: Young Republicans Reflect On The Future Of Their Party
Some young Republican activists are concerned about the future of the GOP. It's now totally defined by President Trump, who is overwhelmingly rejected by their peers.
by Juana Summers
Sep 02, 2020
4 minutes
Lizzie Bond was just shy of being old enough to vote in the 2016 presidential election.
She supported Texas Sen. Ted Cruz during the primary. But when Donald Trump became the Republican Party's presidential nominee, Bond made a different choice: She supported Hillary Clinton's campaign instead.
"You know, it was actually a harder decision to decide who I wanted to support within the lineup of Republican candidates than it was to decide whether to support Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton," said Bond, who is now 21 and a senior at Duke University.
In 2016, Bond joined a group of Republican women campaigning for Clinton, saying that a "character question ... just made it impossible for
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