President Donald Trump is performing about as expected in his first year of office for 44 percent of millennials, according to results from a new NBC News/GenForward survey. Forty-five percent say his presidency has been worse than anticipated, while just 8 percent said he is doing better. But for millennials […] Read more »
An 11th-Hour Raid by the Wealthiest Baby Boomers
The baby boom is being evicted from the penthouse of American politics. And on the way out, it has decided to trash the place. That’s probably the best way to understand the generational implications of the tax legislation Republicans are driving through Congress. The House and Senate measures shower enormous […] Read more »
Millennial poll: 71% want a third political party; 63% disapprove of job President Trump is doing
A strong majority of millennials — 71 percent — say the Republican and Democratic parties do such a poor job of representing the American people that a third major party is needed, according to the results of a new NBC News/GenForward poll. Sixty-three percent of millennials disapprove of the way […] Read more »
Historic turnout of young voters in Virginia election poses problem for Republicans
As bad as the overall outcome of Virginia’s recent election was for Republicans, there was one facet of the vote that raises special alarm for the party’s future. That’s the performance of young voters, who came out in historic numbers and overwhelmingly cast their ballots for the Democratic candidate for […] Read more »
The Big Blue Losers in the GOP Tax Plans
It’s difficult to say whether the tax legislation Republicans are driving through Congress qualifies as a revenue bill—or an enemies list. It isn’t unusual for tax legislation to reward a political party’s supporters, and the GOP bill emphatically upholds that tradition by funneling its tax savings primarily toward business and […] Read more »
The Generation Gap Keeps Growing
The term “generation gap” is most commonly associated with the 1960s and early 1970s, when the unusually large cohort of Americans born during the post-World War II baby boom reached adolescence and then adulthood. … But a much bigger, though less well-promoted, generation gap is happening right now. The difference […] Read more »