GOP leader Margaret Hoover says her party missed the boat in 2012 with millennials . The GOP can make itself competitive without compromising our core principles of individual freedom , fiscal responsibility , free markets and a strong national defense . Obama won the millennial vote by 14 percentage points in 2008 and 12 points in 2012 . Republican stances on marriage and immigration turn away Democrats , Hoover says . GOP leaders emphasize its strong positions -- fiscal conservatism , national defense .
GOP leader Margaret Hoover says her party missed the boat in 2012 with millennials . Obama won the millennial vote by 14 percentage points in 2008 and 12 points in 2012 . Republican stances on marriage and immigration turn away Democrats , Hoover says . GOP leaders emphasize its strong positions -- fiscal conservatism , national defense .