The Generation Gap and the 2012 Election

[greenforest32]

Interesting article on the political differences among the generations.

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Read more at http://www.people-press.org/2011/11/03/the-generation-gap-and-the-2012-election-3/

[greenforest32]

FASTER GOD DAMNIT

[retromike22]

I went through the whole report, and I am amazed on how the positions of the millennial generation are different from the earlier generations. It seems like the millennial generation's ideology is less with the Democratic Party and closer to a social democratic party.

[phk]

Interesting. There was a period of D resurgence in the 65+ category from 1988 to 2000 and that broke down in 2004.

[greenforest32]

This was pretty interesting too.

[Username MechaRFK]

Generation Y goes up to 1994. The site forgets them to include since it's the last year of that generation.

[Frodo]

As an aside, just how big is our generation -what older people call the 'Millennial Generation'?  We have often been described as the largest generation since the Baby Boomers, and now I am reading anecdotal editorials that we are the largest generation in American history surpassing even the Baby Boomers in sheer numbers. 

So which is it? 

[You kip if you want to...]

I went through the whole report, and I am amazed on how the positions of the millennial generation are different from the earlier generations. It seems like the millennial generation's ideology is less with the Democratic Party and closer to a social democratic party.

The result of being brought up and becoming politically aware in an America that has been so polarised.

[Frodo]

As an aside, just how big is our generation -what older people call the 'Millennial Generation'?  We have often been described as the largest generation since the Baby Boomers, and now I am reading anecdotal editorials that we are the largest generation in American history surpassing even the Baby Boomers in sheer numbers.  

So which is it?  

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Just answered my own question.  I have read through numerous articles and studies, and though they provide varying figures (depending on how you measure it), it seems that they always seem to vary within a fairly narrow range of around 80 million, which seems to suggest that our Millennial generation is roughly equivalent in population to that of the Baby Boomers.  Which seems a reasonable enough conclusion.  

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Which dates are you using for "Millennial Generation"

[Jackson]

The general demographics are 18-30 year olds for Millennials.

[5280]

I fall under Millennial generation and I'm not a Liberal, surprising.

[Username MechaRFK]

The general demographics are 18-30 year olds for Millennials.

Should be 17-30 giving that the last year of this generation was 1994 according to many sources.

[LastVoter]

I fall under Millennial generation and I'm not a Liberal, surprising.

Well only 30% or so of our generation are liberals. So no surprise there.

[5280]

I fall under Millennial generation and I'm not a Liberal, surprising.

Well only 30% or so of our generation are liberals. So no surprise there.

I just turned 27, so I probably fall closer to Generation X...

[Seattle]

What will the next generation be called? The naught-naughts?

[TeePee4Prez]

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2011/10/generation_catalano_the_generation_stuck_between_gen_x_and_the_m.html

This would be my generation though I like Saved by the Bell better.  I also remember TV without a remote control and VHF/UHF with rabbit ears.  Guess that makes me an "old" for Forum purposes.  And for those from the Philly area, I was the last generation to have shopped at that big Sears building on Roosevelt Blvd and yearned for an ICEE and pretzel on the way to the parking garage as a kid.

[Frodo]

Which dates are you using for "Millennial Generation"

Between 1981 and 1993...those of us at or between the ages of 18 and 30, basically.