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global1

(25,263 posts)
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 03:40 PM Dec 2015

Millennials Surpassed Baby Boomers As The Largest Share Of The U.S.'s Voting-Age Population......

The U.S. now has 88 million millennials, people born 1981 to 2000. They are more than the sum of their student loans. This generation has tremendous political clout: Three of 10 voting-age Americans are millennials, and more members of the generation reach voting age each day.

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Millennials Surpassed Baby Boomers As The Largest Share Of The U.S.'s Voting-Age Population...... (Original Post) global1 Dec 2015 OP
Provided they actually vote Auggie Dec 2015 #1
They helped put Obama over the top Renew Deal Dec 2015 #2
If more than a quarter of them voted that would be great news. whatthehey Dec 2015 #3

Renew Deal

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2. They helped put Obama over the top
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 03:44 PM
Dec 2015

And will hopefully help the next nominee too. Millenials are surprisingly liberal. Hopefully they stay that way.

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