"
Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers." - Lewis Mumford
Millennials will likely resemble their G.I. Generation grandparents in their voting patterns.
These are so far the readily identifiable traits of millennials:
-higher self esteem
-less violent
-more risk averse
-less individualistic-more community/group oriented
-multi generational household living
-emotionally closer to their parents
-more likely to trust government
-confident about the future
-think "climbing the corporate ladder" is preferable to entrepreneurship
-most educated generation-highest rates of high school graduation and AP testing
-read more than older generations
-not as polarized politically as older generations
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IIIYou'd be hard pressed to expect this generation to be anything but members of the Democratic Party. In fact I'd wager they'll be the most Democratic voting generation since the G.I. Generation. They're gonna not only shift the Democratic Party in ways that it compliments what they want, but the GOP will also be forced to moderate subtantilaly to cater to this generation.
