The GOP’s money problem: Age
By ANNA PALMER and TARINI PARTI | 1/8/14 5:05 AM EST
The Republican Party’s on the hunt ahead of 2016 for younger voters — and younger megadonors.
Conservative super PACs were dealt a blow in the past nine months, when two of their biggest benefactors died, Texas billionaires Harold Simmons and Bob Perry.
Combined, the two men, who were the second- and third-biggest donors behind the Adelsons in the 2012 elections, gave nearly $50 million last cycle — that’s more money than the next 10 Republican donors combined.
The void the two leave behind represents an even bigger problem for the Republican Party: just as it struggles to attract younger voters, it also must win over younger elite donors.
Insiders fear that if it can’t, Republicans risk losing ground in the big money race to Democrats, who already rely on younger supporters to fuel their super PACs.
“People are obviously anxious to move on from the past,” said Kent Burton, who bundled money for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. “Of course, we want more young people involved. The party is for economic growth and opportunity for all. We believe that our party has more to offer the younger people — and even minorities — than the Democrats.”(haha clo)
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/wanted-young-gop-megadonors-101870.html#ixzz2pqbOyYkX
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