Millennials were trending Republican but that has sharply reversed

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[LiberalArkie]

1. I think Gen Z is solid D

[pbmus]

2. Lol

[bearsfootball516]

3. This graph, the trends in general, are a death knell to the GOP

The silent generation is only going to be around for another 10 years or so, and it's rapidly declining.

Boomer's are pretty much 50-50, while Millenials and Gen X are overwhelmingly blue.

The countdown clock is ticking.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. A big, fat K&R!

[maxsolomon]

5. Older more easily duped

by the GOP's psyops.

[appalachiablue]

6. Big Kick & Rec. Keep It Up Youth Vote!

"Young wolves, show me your teeth," John Steinbeck

[JI7]

7. The younger generations have higher percentage of minorities

That is what the republicans are afraid of.

[RandomAccess]

8. "Frighteningly liberal" --

That's how Frank Luntz described Millennials after polling them.


https://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2016/02/26/poll-finds-young-americans-are-frighteningly-liberal/

[Awsi Dooger]

9. Presidential approval rating

As always, that is the vital variable. Millennials moved more toward balanced because unfortunately Barack Obama could not sustain positive approval numbers. His average Gallup approval rating was 47.9%. Compare that to Bill Clinton at 55.1%. If Obama had managed a Clinton-type number throughout, then that shift by millennials from 2010 to 2014 would not have happened.

[DemocraticSocialist8]

12. I think some Millennials became disenchanted by Obama

IDK if that explains the trend towards Republicanism though. I think it has more to do with people buying into the smears against him and his sometimes inadequate response to those smears. Looking back, I think he should've been much more aggressive against the things said about him. I think he let too much slide. We ended up with Trump anyway, so over the past year, I've often felt the respectability politics positioning turned out to be a waste of time in the long run. After he got re-elected he should've gone "balls to the wall" as they say. He had nothing to lose.

[Jspur]

10. As a minority

who is member of the Millennial generation I have to say the only part of my generation where the republicans were making in roads was white Millennials.

[pbmus]

11. I would agree and add entitled white millennial

And welcome to DU

[DemocraticSocialist8]

13. I was about to say the same thing. That Rethug trend was almost certainly

happening among white millennials. Not PoC. I don't even have to look at the polling details to know that.

[yardwork]

14. The young people are seeking economic relief. The Republicans failed to deliver.

The Democrats need to go boldly left - including economic policies - to solidify millennial support.

Bold policies. Big promises.

[IluvPitties]

15. We and Gen Z will reverse the damage done by Trump.