Millennial Generation Will End Culture Wars, Researchers Say
Everyone knows that young people came out to vote and overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama in last year’s presidential election. Now the Millennials, as the younger generation is known, will usher in a liberal era and end the culture wars, according to the Center for American Progress.
In two reports released today — one based on a new survey and the other drawing on much recent data — the center, a liberal research organization, augurs a progressive future.
“The story throughout this survey is one of conservative decline and progressive ascendancy among young people,” says the first report, “The Political Ideology of the Millennial Generation,” which identified 17 liberal and four conservative values and beliefs supported by a majority of 18- to 29-year-olds. (The conservative beliefs involved focusing more on domestic, not global, issues; promoting free trade; privatizing Social Security; and seeing government spending as inefficient.)
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In two reports released today — one based on a new survey and the other drawing on much recent data — the center, a liberal research organization, augurs a progressive future.
“The story throughout this survey is one of conservative decline and progressive ascendancy among young people,” says the first report, “The Political Ideology of the Millennial Generation,” which identified 17 liberal and four conservative values and beliefs supported by a majority of 18- to 29-year-olds. (The conservative beliefs involved focusing more on domestic, not global, issues; promoting free trade; privatizing Social Security; and seeing government spending as inefficient.)