The Millennials getting political

ARTICLE: "Youthquake: They're called the Millennials—and they're fed up," by Micheele Conlin, BusinessWeek, 21 January 2008, p. 032.

One out of five voters (43 million) sit between 18 and 29, the so-called echo-boom, and given its hyperconnectedness, a lot of political pundits spot a bit of seismic shift going on here.

So far, the turnout numbers in the primaries seem to bear this out, and yeah, it does favor Obama plenty.

But here's an interesting list of the top 12 issues for millennials:

Health (top at 84%)
economy
education
Iraq
Jobs
Terrorism
Environment
Taxes
Moral values
Social security
Budget deficit
Energy (down to 48%)

Not exactly a "war generation," but rather a generation that sense a lot of collective risk has devolved into individual risk. Good example? Huge college loans and then entering the flat world job market.

The breakdown by party:

40% Independent
35% Democrat
25% Republican, for now …