2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMillenials are the key to Democratic success, and overwhelmingly, they want Bernie
In 2014, however, Democrats saw their Senate majority slip away as candidates across America ran to the center to appeal to the oft-cited-and-fawned-over "swing voters," and Millenials stayed home as a result.
Millenials (ie the 18-34 demographic) are the most fickle of all voter groups, and it's tough to get them to turn out. Older, mostly retired voters can be counted on to turn out regardless, but the trick to success is getting the Millenials excited.
So then, who gets the Millenials excited?
Overwhelmingly, the answer is Bernie Sanders.
The latest national Quinnipiac Poll breaks down favorability by age:
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/images/polling/us/us09242015_ui47mfb.pdf
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/15/1432947/-Millenials-are-the-key-to-Democratic-success-and-overwhelmingly-they-want-Bernie?detail=facebook
Hydra
(14,459 posts)I vote so that I can happily point out how little it is doing when I do my advocacy. If no real change is presented, why expect support?
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)As my 23 year old daughter tells me - her generation perceive that the older generations (boomers to be exact), have taken away their hope for the future - millenials realize they must take action to change the status quo instead of helplessly watching the continuing regression of this country.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)are not going to vote for those they feel are responsible which is both parties. They give me hope that maybe we can change things.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)it's people who are simply decent human beings who have come to realize that they
have been sold a bill of goods, shafted, bled white by the Billionaire Class, and they
are in open revolt, and Bernie gives them/us a legitimate democratic avenue to non-
violently implement a bloodless revolution to restore some semblance of a level playing
field between haves & have-nots.
Bernie is a rare bird, a decent human being who's decided that "Enough is Enough!" and
he's going for it. I'd be a fool - and so would any other decent human being -- for not
giving this man my full support for the long haul.
Go Bernie!!
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Hammer, meet nail!
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)azmom
(5,208 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)Duckfan
(1,268 posts)...I only had 2 guys in that 3 hour time-frame across from a high school. Both were turning 18 in December. What a coincidence. And yes, they want to vote for Bernie. I guess 2 is better than 0.
Just a quick note, I'm probably sounding too old fashioned (which I am), where did this term, "millenials" come from and what does it mean?
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)are the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates when the generation starts and ends; most researchers and commentators use birth years ranging from the early 1980s to the early 2000s
Wiki:
PADemD
(4,482 posts)Generations: The History of America's Future,
by Neil Howe (Author), William Strauss (Author)
William Strauss and Neil Howe posit the history of America as a succession of generational biographies, beginning in 1584 and encompassing every-one through the children of today. Their bold theory is that each generation belongs to one of four types, and that these types repeat sequentially in a fixed pattern. The vision of Generations allows us to plot a recurring cycle in American history -- a cycle of spiritual awakenings and secular crises -- from the founding colonists through the present day and well into this millennium.
Generations is at once a refreshing historical narrative and a thrilling intuitive leap that reorders not only our history books but also our expectations for the twenty-first century.
http://www.amazon.com/Generations-History-Americas-Future-1584/dp/0688119123
AJH032
(1,124 posts)Feels so nice that everyone wants me!
But in all seriousness, I love both Bernie and Hillary and will be excited to vote for either one!
Duckfan
(1,268 posts)thesquanderer
(11,955 posts)so, people born after about 1980.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Okay, bad example because that constantly crashed and would take all your stuff with it.
(Hmm, maybe not such a bad example after all.)
cprise
(8,445 posts)Polls showed almost a dead heat!
dsc
(52,130 posts)they were up by 6 and won by about 9.
cprise
(8,445 posts)dsc
(52,130 posts)www.cbc.ca and find poll tracker
cprise
(8,445 posts)dsc
(52,130 posts)within the MOE. Given the late surge and the lack of polling on the day of the election it is understandable that they would have missed the end of the trend. As to majority vs non majority, national polls would be only of limited help there given it was a district by district contest.
cprise
(8,445 posts)at the last minute... procrastination?
LuvLoogie
(6,855 posts)They move back home and give their parents shit?
malokvale77
(4,879 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)azmom
(5,208 posts)Kids are up to their eyeballs in debt because college has gotten so expensive.
Many of them have to live with their parents,; they have no choice. For you to make such comment is so damn insensitive.
How old are you? And why do you hold milleneals in such discontempt. They are smart, engaged, more liberal and more tolerant than any generation before them.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)Soon we'll be hearing that they're "not real Americans" or some such nonsense.
artislife
(9,497 posts)that will have to live with the climate change and debt that all the rest of the generations left for them.
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)So maybe it would be best to stop with the condescension and come to the negotiating table, lest you get an outcome not particularly to be desired.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)malokvale77
(4,879 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)I'd say the older generations that rely more on traditional mainstream media are less informed since they get most/all of their information from one of the greatest propaganda machines that humanity has ever seen.
Younger generations are more discerning about where they get their information.
Also, if younger generations are more strongly embracing more socialist policies then doesn't that make them more "selfless" than older generations that don't want their taxes to go up (even if older generations are living very, very well and their taxes would go to help their children's and grandchildren's futures)?
I'd say you got that backwards. Strike it. Reverse it. Younger generations desire to not becoming indentured servants as they start out life is not being selfish in my opinion. Their parents and grandparents desire to not have their taxes raised while they are living very, very well would be much more selfish.
Bubzer
(4,211 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)of whom are college educated. I have been astounded at their ignorance of the current election and their utter apathy toward it. Mostly what I hear is that they just do not believe it matters if they vote or not. They are all a great group, intelligent and good at what they do, but they seem much more interested in social media than in the election.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)get shit on, and get shit on with an occasional apology.
Why, exactly, would you expect them to be excited about those choices?
azmom
(5,208 posts)Or else you would not be making that statement.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)of my younger family using the internet to talk together about what is happening and I am often amazed at the level of detail they pull together. Not sure what you mean by self-less?
moobu2
(4,822 posts)so they'll have to figure out what they support and go with it.
Bubzer
(4,211 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)they being most numerous.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)The Millennial generation continues to grow as young immigrants expand their ranks. Boomers a generation defined by the boom in U.S. births following World War II are older and shrinking in size as the number of deaths exceed the number of older immigrants arriving in the country.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Time will tell.
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)and I am voting for Bernie Sanders. Young people are too...nice combination.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Also voting for Bernie. Three generations in my family - Bernie supporters.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)to vote!
treestar
(82,383 posts)they came from big families but had fewer children. Is the same number of years being counted?
jeff47
(26,549 posts)but Boomers have had a lot more time to "leave the voter pool".
Which is why GenX is so small.
Millennials are generally the grandchildren of Boomers. (This breaks down a little at the edges, say younger Boomers or older Millennials.)
Robbins
(5,066 posts)Dems don't care what Millenials want.I guess they have to hope Dems can win without Millenials.
artislife
(9,497 posts)Dems seem only to worry about the next election. Just like the republicans.
We need a 100 year plan, because this may be the last chance at one we will have.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Female BOSS supports Bernie! A guy who interviewed him for a job supported Bernie. I'm telling you, this movement is much, much larger than Obama's support. - which was huge. The PTB are going to be very sad next November, 2016.
Millennials are highly motivated and are working their behinds off to get Bernie elected. There's zero excitement for Hillary.
Bubzer
(4,211 posts)They see the state of the economy and the shreds that are left of our social safety net. They keenly feel how precarious a position they're in.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)wishes to exert political power has to show up all the time. Certainly any segment that wants to congratulate itself for being influential should habitually and consistently prove that influence at the ballot box.
The larger picture is not quite as flattering but if understood it is far more empowering. Currently they are why we win when we do and why we lose when we lose. Both things. Only one of those things is positive.
Youth turnout, 2014-21.5%
LexVegas
(6,005 posts)Robbins
(5,066 posts)more job losses with tpp and more trade deals
more for profit prisons
contuning militizan of police
more war
the end of unions and contuning decline of working class.
gutting of social safety net
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)the Democratic success. I could say the same thing being an Independent.
StrongBad
(2,100 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)and says we need them and therefore have to give them what they want.
They are not enough to choose a nominee by themselves. Polls show Hillary far ahead.
If they are going to stay home in a snit, it's their own future they are handing to the Republicans.
randys1
(16,286 posts)Whether he wins or not, what he is achieving with his no apology approach to why capitalism must be looked at, is going to benefit everyone down the road.
There will be NO road to go down, however, if we do something REALLY stupid and act in such a manner that gives the election to the idiots.
Like not showing up to vote because our candidate didnt win.
Metric System
(6,048 posts)Bubzer
(4,211 posts)The article does say there are Millennials who support HRC.
The prinmary thrust of the article is that there are more Millennials who have a net positive view of Bernie.