It's because they don't know any better.

If they are getting more liberal it is because their growth into adults has been ******ed(restricted) by economic factors. The 2008 recession kept many of them 5-10 years behind normal house buying and parenting.

Now they are getting to that point and getting slammed with an inflationary recession and an almost universal demographic bomb that is about to destroy the world as they know it. (If AI does not do it first)

If they stay liberal through the next decade they are brain washed morons for whom their is no hope at all.

The GOP is the party of the American Dream (middle class advancement) while the Democrats are the party of everyone else.

Assuming a study about a burgeoning trend is accurate (big assumption) - the reason would be obvious: this generation has been demoralized as to their prospects of middle class advancement in a way that previous generations have not. If they aren't voting pro-middle class it's because they don't see themselves benefiting from it. And unfortunately it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy as policy feedback loops push it further away.

Millennials & Boomers.

DubFalls said:

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Has more to do with Trump running than anything.

He does not play well with Millennials at all

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They don't like to win?

Get Off My Lawn said:

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The GOP is the party of the American Dream (middle class advancement) while the Democrats are the party of everyone else.

Assuming a study about a burgeoning trend is accurate (big assumption) - the reason would be obvious: this generation has been demoralized as to their prospects of middle class advancement in a way that previous generations have not. If they aren't voting pro-middle class it's because they don't see themselves benefiting from it. And unfortunately it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy as policy feedback loops push it further away.

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I disagree. The Republicans are the party of whining, and pearl clutching. They do absolutely nothing once in power.

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It is hilarious watching these threads.

The uniparty won 20 years ago.

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So much this. We don't have free, transparent, and auditable elections anymore, and our crook politicians are fine with it as long as they get their own. As a millennial who is very conservative, why dunk on a generation who inherited a mountain of debt that that politicians sent overseas and in their own pockets?

Name 3 examples of these great leftist leaders. Or even one.

ChrisTAMU said:

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Name 3 examples of these great leftist leaders. Or even one.

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Greta Thurnberg
AOC
Stuart Smalley

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Usually people get more conservative as they grow older, but this pattern isn't holding true for millennials. The GOP is going to have to move towards the left if they want to remain relevant at all. The demographics are completely against them as the boomers start to die off. Their tired old ideology is a failure and the millennials aren't buying it as they age.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/30/millennials-conservative-age-analysis/

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A recent study revealed that millennial voters, both in the U.S. and the U.K., are not following the typical rule that as people get older they become more conservative, but instead becoming more liberal over time.

The millennial generation was born between 1981 and 1996, is known for loving their pets more than their children and was the last generation to grow up without the internet, according to The Washington Post. Traditionally, voters follow a regular pattern of leaning more liberal until they are 35 and then move toward more conservative beliefs as they age, but millennials are breaking the mold, according to an analysis by the Financial Times.

Millennials in the U.S. appeared to be on track to move toward conservatism until about 30 but dropped sharply away from conservatism by the time they were 40, according to the Times.

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That is because most are still living in their parents basement. Ultimately everyone votes what is best for them and not the group.

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Millennials are the generation of mental illness. Makes sense.

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Wise up. Every generation believes that the way they were raised and the prevailing political/economic views of their era are best.

I served with a lot of Millennials during GWOT. An all volunteer fighting force. A large percentage of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are millennials

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Who was responsible for giving Millennials the participation trophies?

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Take responsibility for your own actions and stop blaming your parents for your personal failures. That is a loser's mentality and it's rampant among millennials. Pathetic.

Their own actions of being coddled by their parents? Great argument.

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Get Off My Lawn said:

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The GOP is the party of the American Dream (middle class advancement) while the Democrats are the party of everyone else.

Assuming a study about a burgeoning trend is accurate (big assumption) - the reason would be obvious: this generation has been demoralized as to their prospects of middle class advancement in a way that previous generations have not. If they aren't voting pro-middle class it's because they don't see themselves benefiting from it. And unfortunately it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy as policy feedback loops push it further away.

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I disagree. The Republicans are the party of whining, and pearl clutching. They do absolutely nothing once in power.

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Oh - I never said the GOP is GOOD at it, but status quo allows for a middle class while the Dems are actively fighting to push people out of and keep folks short of the middle class.

I think you're from the generation that handed out the participation trophies

I'd like to point out the leadership that has been in charge of this country and for many years before is no where close to being a Millennial.

So who do we blame for this **** show

ChrisTAMU said:

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Their own actions of being coddled by their parents? Great argument.

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All millennials are adults now. Why are they so weak to still be dependent on their parents?

Blame weak adults, sure, but the parents also created those monsters. And, if they're still letting their children be dependent on them, it's on the parents too.

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outofstateaggie said:

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Millennials are the generation of mental illness. Makes sense.

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Wise up. Every generation believes that the way they were raised and the prevailing political/economic views of their era are best.

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While this is true, Gen-X happens to be correct in their assertion.

The Generational Divide In U.S. Congress As Gen Z Enters The Scene

Liberalism , based on racism and always incorrect fiscal policy. Only a moron, of any age, would look towards that failed ideology for anything.

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The Generational Divide In U.S. Congress As Gen Z Enters The Scene

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In 20 years, Gen Z will have a larger part of that pie than the millennials. Millennials will still be whining instead of leading.

The only reason for the shift left is the last few decades have been almost uniformly prosperous and peaceful. The sweet sounding fantasies of leftism are basically a luxury good that disappear as soon as hard times come.

That's a big reason the pendulum never stops swinging

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I think you're from the generation that handed out the participation trophies

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Not to be too pedantic, but why do you insist it's Boomer parents that handed out participation trophies? It was the volunteers, teachers, and other parental substitutes that did that. Boomers were the ones who cheered for "it takes a village" parenting and didn't bother to raise their kids.

outofstateaggie said:

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Millennials are the generation of mental illness. Makes sense.

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Because they weren't parented. They were sent of to daycares at 3 months so mommy could work. Parents figured as long as they showed up to Johnny's football game all would be good. Instead Johnny and friends grew up on trash tv and internet. That generation of mental illness came from a generation of trash parenting

America's greatest generation is being replaced by America's worst generation.

A generation of people educated in garbage leftist institutions from K through college-- it isn't surprising in the least that this demographic shift is occurring.

It's not just one generation, everyone is becoming more liberal. The societal pressure to conform to the trend is enormous.

That already happened. The boomers replaced the greatest generation.

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It's not liberal brainwashing.

One factor is the horrible economy. Boomer greed has failed to create generational wealth and prosperity. Much has been selfishly squandered.

But more importantly, conservatives have no compelling vision for the future.

They aren't conserving values, they're just getting dragged. They talk tough about drag queen story hour, but don't even have the courage to vote down gay marriage at the federal level. I'm sure in the not so distant future we'll be hearing that democrats are the real homophobes.

And Republicans in power obviously don't give a damn about the border. They want the cheap labor driving down wages just as much if not more so than Democrats want immigration for the votes. They just put on more of a ruse for their less educated base, doing stunts like bussing immigrants around to own the libs. Won't lead to any policy change of course.

There is a demand for right wing politics, and actually addressing important cultural issues like declining fertility, the disasters of multiculturalism, poor economic growth, poor health, and not letting foreign actors dictate our foreign policy. Donald Trump the so-called white supremacist won't directly address let alone utter the phrase "white people" in his speeches. But he should address the majority from time to time, if not most of the time. The cowardice is almost comical.

Conservatives are always willing to make excuses, like in this thread. They have very little political agency. They pretend to be pious and more spiritual. In practice they're petty and materialistic. They won't make sacrifices to win. Can't enter politics, too busy with muh job. Can't enter academics, muh trades pay more. Can't close the border, muh cheap labor. Can't ban porn, muh free speech. And so on.

Basically, if you are on the right, the enemy is not the liberals, it's the conservatives who are in the way, stalling, lying, grandstanding, and grifting. They need to be removed to make way for intelligent, honest, respectable leaders who have vision. With very few exceptions, those leaders are on the left, and that's who millennials will follow.

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Agree with everything you said here except the bolded. There is nothing visionary about massive wealth redistribution, blatantly racist policies, grooming children into LGBTQ sycophants and self-mutilation, self-destruction of sovereignty, and a myriad of other evil issues that Democrats support and push.

Millennials are the first generation who were raised in a fully weaponized culture and institutions that have been infiltrated and co-opted from the inside by the far left. They don't know any different unless they had conservative parents who were over their shoulders throughout childhood actually parenting them and offsetting all of the lies and rot being pushed into their heads.

Gen Z will be even worse and are already proving to be. With social media now running full tilt and weaponized as well (ex: TikTok), it's going to take wholesale revolution, the country splitting up, or some other drastic measure to turn the tide. It's far too late to turn this Titanic with conventional means.

The Greatest and Silents are dead and dieing. May they RIP.

The Boomers are headed to the retirement homes, golf courses and their childrens basements.

Ready for scrappy little Gen X to have knock down drag out political fights with the behemoth Millenial generation.

I grew up watching Patrick Swayze and C Thomas Howell fight communist invaders. I survived Twisted Sister.


Let's to do this.

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The Greatest and Silents are dead and dieing. May they RIP.

The Boomers are headed to the retirement homes, golf courses and their childrens basements.

Ready for scrappy little Gen X to have knock down drag out political fights with the behemoth Millenial generation.

I grew up watching Patrick Swayze and C Thomas Howell fight communist invaders. I survived Twisted Sister.


Let's to do this.

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Absolutely! And we drank water out of the garden hose, rode our bikes through the DDT cloud behind the mosquito truck, and stole Lone Stars out of dad's refrigerator on backyard camp outs. We settled our differences in a sandlot scrap, and had a stack of girly magazines that we kept in the clubhouse. We dipped Hawken and Kodiak, and learned how to eloquently use vulgarities by the third grade.

We got this!

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Who was responsible for giving Millennials the participation trophies?

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Nothing more millennial than blaming other people instead of taking responsibility.

dead said:

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The Generational Divide In U.S. Congress As Gen Z Enters The Scene

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Out with the olds. Dump Trump, McConnell, and all of the old dross. Get rid of them and get actual strength in.