Millennials Are Not an Exception. They’ve Moved to the Right

The NYT doesn’t mention that white people of all generations lean republican, and non-white people of all generations are strongly for democrats. White millennials identify as or lean republican 45% to 43%, while non-white millennials identify as democrats, 61% to 23%.<p>This is important because as the population is getting more diverse, gerrymandering districts and suppressing non-white votes are more important than ever for republicans.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&#x2F;politics&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;07&#x2F;a-deep-dive-into-party-affiliation&#x2F;4-6-2015_07&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&#x2F;politics&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;07&#x2F;a-deep-dive-...</a>

Meh. Another article trying to shame millennials.<p>The whole batch of millennials won&#x27;t be graduating to 40, till 2036. Atleast, wait till then.

I wish more people saw this:<p>This PhD Student&#x27;s data analysis project provides clear evidence on the effort by major news &amp; entertainment media to shift the political culture.<p>&quot;1&#x2F;n Spent some time on LexisNexis over the weekend. Depending on your political orientation, what follows will either disturb or encourage you. But regardless of political orientation, I&#x27;m sure we can all say &#x27;holy fucking shit&#x27;&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;zachg932&#x2F;status&#x2F;1133440945201061888?s=11" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;zachg932&#x2F;status&#x2F;1133440945201061888?s=11</a><p>Source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;marginalrevolution.com&#x2F;marginalrevolution&#x2F;2019&#x2F;06&#x2F;the-nytimes-is-woke.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;marginalrevolution.com&#x2F;marginalrevolution&#x2F;2019&#x2F;06&#x2F;th...</a><p>The result... An attempt to shift the Overton window <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Overton_window" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Overton_window</a>

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Note that this is looking at voting patterns, not surveys on political beliefs. So a lower proportion of millennials voted for Biden in 2020 than they did for Obama in 2012. This could have more to do with the Democrats being viewed as corrupt than it does with Millenials actually liking conservative politics.

From another perspective, My views were considered left in the early 2000s. Now that our culture and many aspects of our government has shifted further and further to the left in the past couple of years, my views are considered more right-wing.