What are Millennials concerned about as they head to the voting booth?
The economy is ranked as the most important issue for Millennials in this year’s election, and has already proven to be a bigger concern for Millennials than older generations. For example, in the 2006 election, 23 percent of voters under 30 cited the economy as the most important issue, compared to only 14 percent of the rest of the electorate. A 2003 survey of 15-to 25-year-olds found that “jobs and the economy” was the most important problem facing the country, nearly double the number that said the war in Iraq. And as New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Bob Herbert wrote last week, Millennials are “in danger of being left out of the American dream—the first American generation to do less well economically than their parents. And that economic uncertainty appears to have played a big role in shaping their views of government and politics.” Why are Millennials so progressive? Research points to a number of possible reasons why in time they may well become known in the future as the progre
