In 2008 Barack Obama carried voters under age 30 by a 66%-32% margin, according to the exit poll. In contrast, he carried voters 30 and over by only 50%-49%. (I joke that the only way Republicans could have won was if they had raised the voting age to 35.) Obama’s success among the Millennial generation, as these young voters are often called, was a hugely hopeful sign for the Democratic party and a dire one for the Republicans. Theses voters are bound to be a larger segment of the electorate in the future and voters tend to stick with the views they develop in the twenties and early thirties. If the members of this generation were to remain 2-1 Democratic over their lifetimes, it would be increasingly difficult for Republicans to win national elections.