Millenials are the key to Democratic success, and overwhelmingly, they want Bernie

[Bubzer]

Obama rode a wave of youth support to the Democratic nomination and the White House in 2008, connecting with them and motivating them to show up in November.
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]

1. I can't see the younger people wanting to vote for the Status Quo that has so screwed them

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]

2. Nailed it ... "If no real change is presented, why expect support?" nt

[Avalux]

40. They won't.

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]

59. Yes, they are pissed off about having their opportunities taken away from them and they

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]

3. K&R - and it's not just Millenials who love Bernie

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]

34. Great post!

Hammer, meet nail!

[99th_Monkey]

41. Thank you. nt

[azmom]

54. Yes, I agree. Great post.

[Scootaloo]

4. But! It's! Her! TURN!

[WillyT]

5. Just Like Last Time... 2007/2008

[Duckfan]

6. In the three hours I spent trying to register new voters...

...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]

10. Millennials (also known as the Millennial Generation[1] or Generation Y)

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]

12. From the Book

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]

7. I'm a millennial

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]

8. But what does it mean?

[thesquanderer]

19. It means they came of age around the year 2000 (the millenial) or later

so, people born after about 1980.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

66. Remember Windows Millenial Edition?

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]

9. Canadian Liberals just got a Landslide DESPITE POLLS!!!

Polls showed almost a dead heat!

[dsc]

17. No they didn't

they were up by 6 and won by about 9.

[cprise]

47. Which poll was that?

[dsc]

48. the cbc poll tracker

www.cbc.ca and find poll tracker

[cprise]

53. IIRC it shifted right near the end, didn't show a majority result.

[dsc]

58. they were fairly close in percentages

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]

63. Why the late, strong trend? People digging in to research candidates

at the last minute... procrastination?

[LuvLoogie]

11. And if millennials don't get their binky?

They move back home and give their parents shit?

[malokvale77]

14. You sound like you need a binky. nt

[leftofcool]

29. Or they just move back home and live off their parents.

[azmom]

55. Are you freaking kidding me? Our young

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]

31. Hurling insults is totally the best way to get voters to support your cause. (nt)

[arcane1]

52. If they don't vote for Clinton they'll go under the bus.

Soon we'll be hearing that they're "not real Americans" or some such nonsense.

[artislife]

37. Nice disdain for a generation

that will have to live with the climate change and debt that all the rest of the generations left for them.

[Jester Messiah]

56. Then you don't get their votey.

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]

13. Sanders would make a great vice president

[malokvale77]

15. My grandkids are certainly enthusiastic about Bernie. nt

[kelliekat44]

16. And overwhelmingly they are the least informed, least self-less of the electorate. nt

[stillwaiting]

21. What is the basis for such a statement?

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]

23. Thats a GOP talking point.

[Tipperary]

25. I agree and also the least likely to vote. I work with many, many young people, most

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]

32. Well, for their entire adult life, we've given them the choice between

get shit on, and get shit on with an occasional apology.

Why, exactly, would you expect them to be excited about those choices?

[azmom]

57. You Don't know a thing about milleneals

Or else you would not be making that statement.

[jwirr]

62. I think I disagree that they are the least informed. I see all

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]

18. Bernie isnt going to win the nomination

so they'll have to figure out what they support and go with it.

[Bubzer]

24. While you've got your crystal ball out, mind getting winning lottary numbers as well?

[treestar]

20. I would think in these terms we need baby boomers

they being most numerous.

[Fumesucker]

22. This year, Millennials will overtake Baby Boomers

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/01/16/this-year-millennials-will-overtake-baby-boomers/

This year, the “Millennial” generation is projected to surpass the outsized Baby Boom generation as the nation’s largest living generation, according to the population projections released by the U.S. Census Bureau last month. Millennials (whom we define as between ages 18 to 34 in 2015) are projected to number 75.3 million, surpassing the projected 74.9 million Boomers (ages 51 to 69). The Gen X population (ages 35 to 50 in 2015) is projected to outnumber the Boomers by 2028.

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]

26. The baby boomers are more likely to vote.

Time will tell.

[bkkyosemite]

27. I am the first of the Baby Boomers 1946

and I am voting for Bernie Sanders. Young people are too...nice combination.

[in_cog_ni_to]

38. Three baby boomers in our household and all 3 are Bernie supports and 1 "greatest generation" is

Also voting for Bernie. Three generations in my family - Bernie supporters.

[jeff47]

33. Nope. There are more millennials than boomers now. (nt)

[in_cog_ni_to]

36. Yep! 83.1 million millennials and 74 million boomers. Millennials support Bernie and are going

to vote!

[treestar]

43. strange because the boomers did not necessarily replace themselves.

they came from big families but had fewer children. Is the same number of years being counted?

[jeff47]

44. Yep. Both generations started out the same size

but Boomers have had a lot more time to "leave the voter pool".

they came from big families but had fewer children.

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]

28. Polls are showing

Dems don't care what Millenials want.I guess they have to hope Dems can win without Millenials.

[artislife]

39. Short term thinking

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]

30. Yes they do! My son, his girlfriend and everyone he knows on campus supports Bernie. Even his

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]

35. The millenials in my area tend to be very excited about Bernie.

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]

42. They are the key to our success but also the key to our midterm losses and any voting segment that

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]

45. Minorities are the key to Democratic success. And we love Hillary. nt.

[Robbins]

50. then get ready for

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

[jwirr]

65. Exactly.

[liberal_at_heart]

61. you sure are sure of yourself. There are all kinds of groups that can claim to be the key

the Democratic success. I could say the same thing being an Independent.

[StrongBad]

46. As a millenial, if you're staking Bernie's chances of winning on us, it's over.

[treestar]

49. I hate these things that single out one group

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]

51. Bernie's greatest achievement will be making it acceptable or OK to vote for someone like him

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]

60. I'm a Millenial for Hillary.

[Bubzer]

64. And here I thought the "H" meant Hankerin for Bernie...

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.