A PRESENT & PROGRESSIVE YOUTH
MAJORITY
*Demographically…
- most diverse generation ever (40% MINORITY)
- born w/in the years 1982-2002 – Howe/Straus
OR
- born w/in the years 1978-1996 – New Politics Institute
- by 2008 election: 50 million strong
- by 2016 election: 83 million strong -36% of the electorate
*Politically…
- Harvard Institute of Politics (12th Biannual Youth Survey on Politics and Public Service: March 2007)
- 84% liberals, 56% conservatives, want national health care
- 67% believe relying too much on military force will lead to more hatred and terrorism
- 56% support gay marriage
*percentages compilied from Michael Connery’s, Youth to Power, How Today’s Young Voters are Building Tomorrow’s Progressive Majority
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