According to the Harvard Public Opinion Project’s semi-annual poll of millennials (Americans ages 18-29), millennials across the board have mixed to negative views of the Tea Party. Most significantly, independent millennials look at the Tea Party extremely unfavorably, and this appears to have cost Mitt Romney the vote among that crucial group. Only 11 percent … Read more
Gus Mayopolous’s reversal is a welcome change in the UC discussions. The campaign’s popularity and success, seemingly lacking in consequences when he and Sam were planning their immediate resignations, have found a voice. Sam and Gus’ U.C. election was far from a joke. Rather, the duo’s ability to pull out a plurality of the vote … Read more
Over the past two weeks, the Clark-Mayopoulos victory and declaration of resignation in the Undergraduate Council (UC) election has fostered discussion about disillusionment with the UC as a true representative of the student body. Gus Mayopoulos’ recent reverse decision to stay in the UC and assume the presidency has raised further questions about the implications … Read more
The Harvard Public Opinion Project released statistics showing millennials approve of President Obama’s signature health care law in differing numbers depending on the name used to describe it (i.e., the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare). This nonexistent, yet perceived difference, shows not only the importance of branding and marketing in how millennials view laws, but … Read more
At the intersection of Hispanic voters and millennials, two key demographics from the 2012 election, dissatisfaction with the President’s performance runs deep. Though Hispanic millennials tend to be less displeased with the President than the average millennial, Obama’s popularity among this portion of the electorate has taken a decided nosedive. In the Harvard Public Opinion … Read more
Millennials are the key to the success or failure of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The central component of the ACA is the individual mandate, which seeks to pool risk on a broad scale by requiring healthy young people to have health insurance. Advocates and detractors both agree that if millennials do not enroll, health … Read more
It’s no surprise that student debt is a major issue for young people. On average, students are graduating with a $27,000 debt, and costs continue to increase while financial aid struggles to keep up, according to the most recent College Board report. Almost All Young People Think Paying for College is a Problem According to … Read more
According to Harvard’s 2013 poll surveying millennials’ opinions on a variety of public policy issues, social media sites have given users a more enhanced sense of political engagement. But this increased participation is accompanied by concerns about online privacy. As might be expected, younger millennials (18 -24 years old) are involved in more types of … Read more
Every fall and spring, the Harvard Public Opinion Project (HPOP) releases America’s largest poll of young people. The poll usually gets a great deal of national coverage. Unfortunately, much of this coverage only goes skin deep, highlighting the supposed apathy of young people in America and our cynicism about the future of politics. This project, a partnership … Read more
The existence of a technology gap between Democrats and Republicans is widely accepted, whether measured by the parties’ use of social media to mobilize voters or by the political leanings of leading tech entrepreneurs. The Harvard Public Opinion Project’s (HPOP) newest national survey examines whether the Republicans’ distance from technology also applies to the party’s … Read more