Millennial voters a new worry for Dems
Disenchantment among millennial voters is the latest worry for Democrats fighting to hold their Senate majority.Young voters rallied to President Obama’s side when he first ran for the White House in...
View ArticleToo tuned out to turn out
None of my current journalism students knows who Nancy Pelosi is. No one in a colleague's class knew who Ben Bradlee was. But this is not a column about the know-nothingism of today's college...
View ArticleInequality, student debt and millennials
Three hot topics of discussion these days are the millennial generation, student debt and inequality. But how do they relate to each other? A new look at Federal Reserve data sheds light on this...
View ArticleObama approval tumbles among young whites
President Obama’s approval among white millennials has slipped to the lowest point of his presidency, with a new poll showing just a third of white 18-29-year-olds approves of the job he’s doing.The 34...
View ArticleMore millennials missing out on recovery, living with parents
A Congressional report released Tuesday found that millennials are not feeling the impacts of the economic recovery. The Joint Economic Committee's report added to what's become a long list of economic...
View ArticleMillennials might look to Gary Johnson
The Wall Street Journal's "Washington Wire" offered a sampling of Twitter commentary on the State of the Union, which brought to mind an old New England ice cream stand with two kinds of ice cream,...
View ArticleMillennial entrepreneurs at risk in the sagging start-up economy
After several straight months of positive numbers on jobs and unemployment, the American economy finally looks poised for recovery.But under the hood, the engine of American job growth might be...
View ArticleEmbattled lawmaker heads to SXSW
Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.), coming off several weeks of damaging stories highlighting his spending habits, is heading to the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival this weekend to discuss millennial...
View ArticleWhat do young Americans think about politics? LOL, not much
Next week is graduation at my university, and high schools will be holding commencement ceremonies over the next month. While speakers will implore seniors to "make a difference in the world" and "give...
View ArticleBush, Sanders and the long, slow death of the GOP
I wrote here in late February, making the case that former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) has had turnings in life which he responded to positively as a family man: His wife didn't like to cook so he simply...
View ArticleTo counter violent extremism, focus on the young
In the run-up to July Fourth, there is increasing "chatter" about the potential for a terrorist attack somewhere in the world this weekend. And behind the fear of violent extremism, is always an...
View ArticleBernie Sanders and the millennial mindset
According to a new NBC/SurveyMonkey poll, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is dominating Hillary Clinton (D) for the Democratic nomination among 18- to 29-year-olds, aka the millennial bloc.Millennials love...
View ArticleTo mend the world, go young
Last week in Qatar, first lady Michelle Obama called attention to the 60 million girls not getting an education. Now, think about how global tragedies are often depicted in the faces of children and...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Why the youth vote is key
The youth vote isn’t what it used to be, and that could be good news for Republicans in 2016. Young voters who supported President Obama in 2008 by more than 60 percent have since struggled with...
View ArticlePoll: Millennials prefer Sanders over Clinton
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary among the party’s millennials, a new poll says.More American Democrats ages 18-29 prefer Sanders to Clinton...
View ArticleWhat about the black senior vote?
As millennial-boasting populist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) surges to front-runner in the crucial first primaries of Iowa and New Hampshire, many ask how he'll perform past that. For several months,...
View ArticleColbert mocks Clinton’s youth outreach
Comedian Stephen Colbert spoofed Hillary Clinton’s attempts to cut into Bernie Sanders's edge with young voters, taunting the Democratic presidential front-runner as outdated late Monday evening.“The...
View ArticleClinton's young voter problem
In this turbulent nominating season, one consistent phenomenon has upended the Democratic nominating contest: Young voters have resoundingly rejected Hillary Clinton.Parading celebrities through Iowa...
View ArticleEMILY’s List taps Lena Dunham to court millennials for Clinton
EMILY’s List is teaming up with actress Lena Dunham in an effort aimed at rallying female millennial voters for Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton.The political action committee,...
View ArticlePoll: Clinton leads Trump by 36 points among millennials
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton has a commanding 36-point lead over Donald Trump, her Republican counterpart, among millennial voters nationwide, according to a new poll.Clinton...
View Article
