The
biggest single age cohort in the U.S. today is 26. There are 4.8 million of them. 25, 27 and 24 follow close behind them in
that order. (Byron, 2017)
Check
out this nifty chart from Deutsche Bank...
As Pew
Research Center noted in May 2016, there were more Millennials eligible to vote
in 2016 than there were Baby Boomers. (Khalid, 2016)
But
they didn't show up. There were 62
million Millennials eligible to vote in 2016 - only 34 million did. (Fry, 2017)
How
did the ones that did show up vote? Check
out this chart from Survey Monkey...
According
to Headcount, a nonpartisan organization that promotes participation in democracy
4,800 new voters registered during the March
For Our Lives events on March 24, 2018.
And those were ink on paper registrations, no word yet about how many
registered online. (Willingham, 2018)
So
does that mean that the Millennials are finally ready to step up and use their
political power?
Certainly
the events of the past few weeks suggest a dramatic shift in attitude. And as my 60's flashbacks continue I am
reminded that nothing is more effective in stimulating change than fear of
dying.
This
is their Vietnam. And it's worth
remembering that what ended the Vietnam War, was Congress refusing to fund
it. And that only happens if people
vote.
Byron,
E. (2017, October 9) America's Retailers
Have a New Target Customer: The 26-Year-Old Millennial. wsj.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018, from https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-retailers-have-a-new-target-customer-the-26-year-old-millennial-1507559181
Khalid,
A. (2016, May 16) Millennials Now Rival Boomers As A Political Force, But Will
They Actually Vote? npr.org. Retrieved April 4,
2018, from https://www.npr.org/2016/05/16/478237882/millennials-now-rival-boomers-as-a-political-force-but-will-they-actually-vote
Fry,
R. (2017, July 31) Millennials and Gen
Xers outvoted Boomers and older generations in 2016 election. pewresearch.org. Retrieved April 4, 2018, from
Castillo,
W. (2016, November 9) How we voted - by
age, education, race and sexual orientation.
usatoday.com. Retrieved
April 4, 2018, from
2 comments:
Thanks, PJ for the great chart above! Hard to believe, but does the trailing off that happens around age 55, indicate that is when people start dying off in significant numbers?
Kind of chilling, as most of us know very few people that died so young.
Interesting too how the slope doesn't really change much as it goes toward 100
Actually I don't think you have to worry until you hit 62. ;-) Check out this article...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-so-many-men-die-at-62-1518404880
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