NEW BRUNSWICK -- Rutgers University's student Republican club is the latest college GOP organization declining to endorse Donald Trump for president, according to a report by student newspaper The Daily Targum.

Najum Junaid, vice chairman of the Rutgers Republicans, told the newspaper the group won't back Trump, the party's nominee, or any other candidate.

"This election is particularly divisive, and our leadership team and our organization as a whole can't reach a consensus on whether or not any candidate in this election represents the Republican Party's core values," Junaid said, according to the report.

The club will instead focus on down-ticket races -- including local New Jersey races -- heading into the Nov. 8 general election.

The Rutgers Republicans are one of a number of college Republican groups shying away from Trump, the celebrity businessman and former Atlantic City casino mogul.

Similar clubs at Harvard and Penn State have also decided not to endorse Trump. Princeton's Republican club is not taking a position on him.

A recent report by the Washington Post said polling shows the millennial generation will vote heavily for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee. But, the report said, a considerable number support third-party candidates, and many millennial are disillusioned with both Trump and Clinton.

Trump has faced backlash for some of his positions, such as his hard-line stance on curbing illegal immigration and fighting terrorism by temporarily barring immigration from countries compromised by terrorism.

Junked told the Targum some of Trump's positions, such as the ones "some feel infringe on the rights of minorities," may hurt him among Rutgers students, but he added that Republican candidates don't "do particularly well" at colleges anyway.

During the 2015-16 school year, Rutgers, New Jersey's state university, 41.5 percent of students were white, while 26 percent were Asian, 13 percent Hispanic, 7.5 percent black, and 7.2 percent international students, according to statistics provided by the school.

But Junaid told the Targum that the club's refusal to back Trump does not mean it is supporting Clinton. Instead, he said, Republicans should "vote their conscience up and down the ticket."

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