Republican Convention: Live Coverage Of The Final Night

No doubt, the past eight years have been rough for young Americans. But the economy is finally starting to improve for young adults. This year’s college graduates face the best job market in a decade. The unemployment rate for young grads is now below 6 percent, close to where it was when the recession began.

Donald Trump was already channeling Nixon’s “silent majority” line. Now he’s adding “law and order” — which he’s used three times so far — to the repertoire.

There has been a lot about crime in Trump’s speech, which is curious to me. Maybe the Trump campaign has polling on this, but just 3 percent of Americans think crime is the most important problem facing this country in the most recent Gallup poll. That’s far lower than a host of other issues, such as the economy, unemployment, the federal debt, immigration and racism.