Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Millennials reject older conservative "generation that cringes at old people yelling at gay clouds."

Some mornings I just can't stop laughing.

The GOP self-destruction is complete: millennials officially hate conservatives, by Ana Marie Cox (Guardian)

The backlash machine has finally backfired with a generation that cringes at old people yelling at gay clouds

... The GOP has long staked a claim on The Disappearing Angry White Man, but they have apparently ever-narrowing odds of getting a bite at millennials, who appear to be more like The Somewhat Concerned Multicultural Moderate. This generation is racially diverse, pro-pot, pro-marriage equality and pro-online gambling. They are troubled by the deficit but believe in the social safety net: 74% of millennials, according to Reason, want the government to guarantee food and housing to all Americans. A Pew survey found that 59% of Americans under 30 say the government should do more to solve problems, while majorities in all other age groups thought it should do less.

The Rupe-Reason poll teases out some of the thinking behind the surge of young people abandoning the GOP, and finds a generation that is less apt to take to the streets, Occupy-style, than to throw a great block party: lots of drugs, poker and gays! Millennials don't want to change things, apparently – they want everyone to get along. The report observes "[m]any specifically identified LGBTQ rights as their primary reason for being liberal"; and "[o]ften, they decided they were liberals because they really didn’t like conservatives."

1 comment:

Iamhoosier said...

I'm WAY past the millennial group but I share most of their views. Perhaps there is a bit hope, after all.