The students of Parkland, Florida, are not the only people fed up with the hate-filled rhetoric of Republicans like Donald Trump. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and MTV show that only 33 percent of 15-34 year olds approve of Trump’s performance. That’s lower than adults on average—which says something bad about “adults.”
The new poll finds that 60 percent describe Trump as “mentally unfit,” 62 percent call him “generally dishonest,” and 63 percent say he “is a racist.” In a mid-February AP-NORC poll, 57 percent of all adults in the U.S. said they believe Trump is racist. [...]
The poll also found that young people overwhelmingly support watching out for minorities: 69 percent favor a pathway to legal status for immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, 59 percent favor protecting the rights of LGBT citizens, and 58 percent say the same for Muslims.
And here are some things for people planning on campaigning in the not-to-distant future should consider.
— 76 percent want the government to allow them to refinance student loan debt at lower rates
— 67 percent want a health care system in which “the government provides health insurance to all Americans.”
— 60 percent want the government to take steps to address climate change.