Clinton’s new millennial strategy is hilariously dumb

Hillary Clinton’s campaign, including her VP pick Sen. Tim Kaine, have finally admitted what Red Alert has been writing for months: Clinton has a massive millennial problem. She has fallen below 40 percent in the Red Alert Politics Millennial Poll Average, and her numbers continue to fade.

Her answer? Tell millennials that Donald Trump doesn’t pass a “litmus test” on five issues. Kaine said on Sunday, “on at least five litmus-test issues, the differences between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are vast.” Those issues, they say, are college costs, climate change, abortion rights, LGBT rights and immigration.

Clinton’s overly paid operatives got this wrong on two counts: first, millennials aren’t leaving her for Trump, so attacking him won’t work; second, Clinton isn’t that great on the five issues that really concern millennials the most.

Let’s take on the first failure, because this is the one that is hilariously stupid. As every poll shows, millennials have low opinions of both Trump and Clinton — that’s why a major portion of normally Democrat-leaning millennials are supporting Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson, and to a smaller extent, Green nominee Jill Stein.

The latest Quinnipiac poll shows 44 percent of voters under age 30 are voting third party. Our Millennial Poll Average is more conservative, but still massive: 23 percent voting third party. These numbers have climbed in recent weeks.