How Trump can dominate the millennial vote

It is no secret; the American public has a lot of negative feelings about both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Both of the major parties’ nominees this cycle have net favorability numbers well into the negatives — something that is absolutely unprecedented.

Those numbers are multiplied even further when examining the preferences of millennial voters. According to the Harvard University Institute of Politics, 53 percent of young people view former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unfavorably, while only 37 percent have a positive view of her. Meanwhile, billionaire business mogul Donald Trump shared the same positive numbers as Mrs. Clinton, while having an unfavorable rating four points below hers.

With so much negativity surrounding both of the presumptive nominees, how will the large block of millennial voters who currently support Sen. Bernie Sanders vote in the general election? Will they stick with the Democratic Party and support Clinton if/when she is eventually chosen as the nominee? Or will they be more willing to get behind Trump — a political outsider with a similar campaign message?

Young people are looking for an anti-establishment, anti-politician, anti-authority voice — can Trump take advantage of that?

Is it possible that young people would go from one of the most anti-establishment politicians, Bernie Sanders, to the epitome of establishment, Hillary Clinton? Doubtful. Young people, even more than the American public, see right through Clinton’s lies and empty rhetoric. They see her as a pandering politician who will do anything she possibly can to get elected. This is exactly the opposite of what young people want.