A new report on the presidential elections in November from the nation's leading voice for college, Republicans have revealed what major challenges is the GOP facing as a 'brand' and in wooing young voters.
According to a copy given exclusively to POLITICO, the College Republican National Committee on Monday will make public a detailed report revealing what went wrong for Republicans with young voters in the 2012 elections.
The report, titled the "Grand Old Party for a Brand New Generation, will also detail how the party can improve its showing with that key demographic in the future.
The 95-page study, which looked at the party's views on social and economic issues, echoes a report in March on the election debacle issued by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.
The report had presented a devastating assessment of the party's current state of affairs.
The new report from inside the GOP is even more scathing and ominous, as it comes from the party's next generation.
It is sharply critical of the GOP on several fronts and slams some Republicans' almost singular focus on downsizing Big Government and cutting taxes.
In the report, the young Republican activists acknowledge their party has suffered significant damage in recent years.
The report is based largely on two national surveys of 800 registered voters each, ages 18-29, and six focus groups of young people, including Hispanics, Asian-Americans, single women, economically struggling men and aspiring entrepreneurs in Ohio, Florida and California who had voted for President Barack Obama.
Part of the report addresses one of the hottest and most contentious social issues of 2013: gay marriage.
