… Even the most ardent critics of the cohort theory will admit that a person’s views of the presidential administration he or she grew up with will shape their political views going forward. The real question is whether or not the Millennials have a a large enough portion of the […] Read more »
The Fight for Millennials
President Obama carried the 18-to-29-year-old voting bloc by 34 points in 2008 and by 23 points last year. But a new national survey of millennial voters conducted by Harvard’s Institute of Politics suggests this emerging generation might not be as locked into the Democratic camp as conventional wisdom suggests, and […] Read more »
Millennials: A Generation With Unrealistic Expectations
… An analysis of the values and ambitions of American 12th graders finds “a growing discrepancy between the desire for material rewards and the willingness to do the work usually required to earn them.” Psychologists Jean Twenge of San Diego State University and Tim Kasser of Knox College report that, […] Read more »
Post-Election Partisanship Among Millennials Deepens, Harvard Poll Finds
Several months after a successful re-election campaign and during the initial phase of his second term, a slight majority (52%) of 18- to 29- year olds in America tell us that they approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as President, while 46 percent tell us that they disapprove […] Read more »
For ‘Millennials,’ a Tide of Cynicism and a Partisan Gap
… “If you are 24 years old, all you know is petty partisan politics while big issues aren’t getting addressed, while the economy is still struggling,” said Trey Grayson, director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University, which on Tuesday will release the results of the latest in a […] Read more »