Look at all the women
by digby
… especially the young women, moving to the Democratic party:
As noted in our recent report on generations and politics, Millennial voters are more likely than older generations to affiliate with the Democratic Party or lean Democratic. Nearly six-in-ten Millennials (59%) affiliate with the Democratic Party or lean Democratic, compared with about half of Gen Xers and Boomers (48% each) and 43% of voters in the Silent Generation. A growing majority of Millennial women (70%) affiliate with the Democratic Party or lean Democratic; four years ago, 56% of Millennial women did so. About half of Millennial men (49%) align with the Democratic Party, little changed in recent years. The gender gap in leaned party identification among Millennials is wider than among older generations.
I suspect that this younger generation of women are more independent than women who came before them and are not afraid to assert their political views even if it conflicts with the men in their lives. They aren’t as afraid of being “unlikable.” Good for them.
People tend to stick with the political identities they take on in their early adulthood. If that holds true, the Republicans are doomed.
As they should be.
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