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Millennials 2016: how will they vote?

Millennials have edged out baby boomers and are now the largest living generation in the US. We’re looking at how they’re going to vote this election and why.


  • US Presidential Election<br>epa05623705 A young couple comfort one another among a large crowd of people gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House, after midnight at the end of election day in Washington, DC, USA, 09 November 2016. Americans voted on Election Day to choose the 45th President of the United States of America to serve from 2017 through 2020.  EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

    Millennials have been rocked by this election. But our day will come

    Jessica Cornwell
    I am proud to be a member of a liberal, forward-thinking generation. We may feel bruised now – but in a few years’ time, our electoral strength will count
  • Time to start from scratch?

    Junk the system: why young Americans won’t do as they’re told this election

    The diverse millennial generation has seen too few answers from traditional leadership. Now, many of us are losing patience with the political system
  • Image for Scott Bixby’s piece on te echo chamber for the millennial voters series

    'The end of Trump': how Facebook deepens millennials' confirmation bias

    Facebook users are more likely to get news that fits political beliefs – but younger voters don’t necessarily realize how much the echo chamber affects them
  • Georgina Arcienegas holds a sign in support of Latino voters during a protest outside the office of Florida Rep. Carlos Trujillo, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Doral, Fla. On the opening day of the Florida legislative session, protestors unveiled their agenda for increasing the minimum wage, and pro-immigrant legislation. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

    ‘We don’t have a choice’: young Latinos on why they're voting for Clinton

  • People wear stickers and sing along while waiting for first lady Michelle Obama to speak at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, as she campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

    Why millennials' age demographic is not the defining trait for how they'll vote

  • People listen as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a North Carolina rally at Wake Technical Community College Tuesday in Raleigh, North Carolina.

    Hillary Clinton struggles to win over millennial voters loyal to Bernie Sanders

  • REPUBLICANS VS DEMOCRATS FASHION-FINAL-6

    Tribe called vest: deconstructing the uniform of the young Republican

  • anti-hillary clinton text messages

    Don’t tell Dad I’m voting for Hillary: young women on sexism in the family

    As fathers issue warnings about Benghazi and Clinton’s pantsuits, millennial women balance political passions with hope for a drama-free Thanksgiving
  • college students on campus

    If you want millennials to vote for you, here's what you need to understand

    Katrina Jorgensen
    We are the biggest voting bloc in the United States today, and we want to be heard
  • young-republicans-1a

    'How do we support a racist?' Young Republicans grapple with 2016 election

    Millennial support of the Republican party has been on the decline, and ambivalence towards Donald Trump is making it more complicated
  • Composite for Maria La Ganga piece on first time voters

    What first-time voters think of the 2016 election – in pictures

  • young people in Reno

    'I don’t like this election': will millennials, the biggest generation, turn out to vote?

  • Adam gabbatt talks to hofstra students

    In New York debate lead-up, Hofstra University students argue Clinton v Trump

  • Adam Gabbatt went to Hofstra University ahead of the first presidential debate to talk to students

    What millennials want to hear from the first presidential debate – video

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