Are Stewart and Colbert responsible for young people being heavily democratic?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

It really is breathtaking that comedy shows are doing a better job reporting the news than so-called news shows are.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Neh, they're not responsible.  Wasn't MTV the pioneer of getting kids to be libs?

I watched MTV in the '80s, and I don't remember MTV having a liberal bias.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Meanwhile, beginning in 2010, people who were 18 now lean Republican in voting.

Um, no.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Meanwhile, beginning in 2010, people who were 18 now lean Republican in voting.

Um, no.

I don't know how reliable that data is considering the (probably) relatively small sample sizes but there appears to be a significant trend of the youngest voters moving back to the center at least.

Among self-reported voters who were 18 years old in 2012, Mitt Romney, not Obama, won the majority: 57 percent.  Romney also won 59 percent among 19-year-olds, and 54 percent among 20-year-olds.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/10/democrats-have-a-young-people-problem-too/

See also the support for recalling Pres. Obama among 18-24 year olds:



http://iop.harvard.edu/blog/iop-releases-new-fall-poll-5-key-findings-and-trends-millennial-viewpoints

I remember this poll. It was discredited pretty quickly.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I remember this poll. It was discredited pretty quickly.

Do you have some additional information on the poll?

I remember it had a sample size of all of about 3 people for each age group.