Like many young people, some don’t feel connected to the political process. They view American politics as a corrupt system controlled by big money, which serves the interests of big money, and functions this way with or without their participation. Most people aren’t the only ones who feel this way.
In general, Millennials report feeling disconnected from American politics. No wonder political science is a dying major. No wonder 18-through-24-year-old voting rates declinedfrom over 50 percent in 1964 to just 38 percent in 2012.
Millennials are also unique in that they’re getting married and buying homes later than the generations before them. Take my roommates, for example. As 24-year-olds, they don’t have much skin in the political game. In other words, none of them have children and none of them own real estate. In their minds, they don’t have all that much to lose or gain from a new POTUS.
