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To: Dale Baker who wrote (111221)	5/20/2009 4:11:05 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 541791

On the topic of millennials, a new term to me, the brief mention in business.theatlantic.com lead me to americanprogress.org , which has a range of policy-based polling results that line . Moving on to the actually polling results, though, at americanprogress.org the results are a little more ambiguous, although in general the liberal winners tend to have somewhat bigger margins in favor than the conservative winners. More grist for the mill, anyway; I imagine conservatives would instantly dismiss the Center for American Progress as a source but then they tend to dismiss anything contrary to dogma regardless.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (111221)	5/20/2009 6:31:32 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541791

More numbers on the Millenials who will play a larger and larger role in coming elections: Between now and 2018, the number of Millennials of voting age will be increasing by about 4 and a half million a year and Millennial eligible voters by about 4 million a year. And in 2020, the first presidential election where all Millennials will have reached voting age, this generation will be 103 million strong, of which about 90 million will be eligible voters. Those 90 million Millennial eligible voters will represent just under 40 percent of America’s eligible voters. Last November’s election was the first in which the 18- to 29-year-old age group was drawn exclusively from the Millennial generation, and they gave Obama a whopping 34-point margin, 66 percent to 32 percent. This compares to only a 9-point margin for Kerry in 2004. Behind this striking result is a deeper story of a generation with progressive views in all areas and big expectations for change that will fundamentally reshape our electorate. How big are these expectations for change? Consider these results of a national survey on "The Political Ideology of the Millennial Generation," by John Halpin and Karl Agne, that was released by CAP at the same time as my new report. The survey included a battery of 40 statements, each of which was a positive expression of either a conservative or progressive argument, with an even mix between conservative and progressive arguments. Overall, Millennials expressed far more agreement with the progressive than conservative arguments. Indeed, of the 21 values and beliefs garnering majority support in the survey, only four can be classified as conservative. Moreover, six of the top seven statements in terms of level of agreement were progressive statements. These statements included such items as the need for government investment in education, infrastructure, and science; the need for a transition to clean energy; the need for America to play a leading role in addressing climate change; the need to improve America’s image around the world; and the need for universal health coverage.