11-15-2018, 12:46 PM
I was tired of hearing everyone attacking Millennial non-voting as if it was some anomaly and broke out the numbers, national election by national election. I had to tweak the timings a little bit on the generational starts to make sure each election captured the exact same ages for each generation. This put the start years at:
Boomers-1944
Gen X-1964
Millennials-1984
Results:
Millennials and Boomers started off about the same, then Millennials DID comparatively dip in the midterms (though that is offset in 2010 by an overall turnout dip that explains the difference). The 2016 election, however, was the first-time Millennials turned out at a higher rate than the other generations and based on 2018 it looks likely for that trend to be expanding. Millennials as a civic generation that will rebuild community is now CORROBORATED by voting turnout and not refuted by it.
Generational Voting Comparison.xlsx (Size: 20.23 KB / Downloads: 1)
Boomers-1944
Gen X-1964
Millennials-1984
Results:
Millennials and Boomers started off about the same, then Millennials DID comparatively dip in the midterms (though that is offset in 2010 by an overall turnout dip that explains the difference). The 2016 election, however, was the first-time Millennials turned out at a higher rate than the other generations and based on 2018 it looks likely for that trend to be expanding. Millennials as a civic generation that will rebuild community is now CORROBORATED by voting turnout and not refuted by it.
Generational Voting Comparison.xlsx (Size: 20.23 KB / Downloads: 1)