Millennial Voters: More Liberal, But Will They Turn Out?

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February 29, 2016

Supporters wait to greet Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the end of a rally at Colorado State University's Molby Areana in Ft. Collins, Colorado, February 28, 2016. (Jason Connolly/AFP/Getty Images)

The millennial generation is now the most educated, the most diverse and, as Derek Thompson of The Atlantic tells Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson, one of the most liberal generations ever. Thompson looks at what is pushing these young people left, and whether they will actually turn out to vote. He points out that this is the first year that there are as many millennials of voting age as there are baby boomers.

Read Derek Thompson's Atlantic piece, "The Liberal Millennial Revolution"

Guest

Derek Thompson, senior editor at The Atlantic. He tweets @DKThomp.

This segment aired on February 29, 2016.