Part 1 in a series

By Katie Kieffer

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The GOP is at risk of losing key votes from young people. Young professionals are considered “swing voters” or “Supervoters” because of their powerful ability to determine elections.

I know jealousy is wrong, so I was trying to preoccupy myself instead of visualizing the Vince Lombardi Trophy in Brett Favre’s hands after yesterday’s Super Bowl game. My distraction of choice was to sort through a pile of research I’ve been collecting on young voters and the GOP, while watching the intriguing first episode of Undercover Boss.

Suddenly, a light bulb went off: “Why don’t I go undercover and dig up some of the reasons why the GOP has had 20 years of frustration in attracting young voters?”

Michael Steele didn’t tell me to clandestinely pinpoint why the GOP may look like moldy cheese to young professionals. I’m doing this out of curiosity and because I already have my ear to the ground. I’m a young professional myself and I move within the very circle of voters the GOP could be attracting.

I will debrief with my informants and report back to you tomorrow. You might be surprised whose fingerprints are on this story.

Until tomorrow,

Detective Kieffer

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