America’s Youth is Turning the Political and Cultural Landscape On Its Head
In the United States levels of inequality are rising, politics are becoming more polarized, only one third of Americans trust the government to “do what is right,” and only a quarter of Americans say they have confidence in elected officials. If the 2016 presidential election taught us anything it’s that Americans have serious trust issues with government, media, and institutions as a whole. But what we also learned is a bright silver lining exists down the road, and for the Unites States that is its young people, specifically the millennial and post-millennial generations.
Baby Boomers have represented the largest generation of eligible U.S voters since 1978, but this is projected to change by 2019, due to a recent Pew Research study showing that the U.S millennial population — people born between 1981 and 1996 —is supposed to surpass the Boomer population next year as millennials grow to 73 million and Boomers decline to 72 million. This means millennials will have the majority of political clout in the 2020 presidential election.
Pew Research also finds that millennials are more liberal and more diverse than all previous American generations, and according to Derrick Feldmann, founder of the Millennial Impact project, are creating the greatest amount of social change and are more…
