Millennial Conservatism and Civic Engagement: No, Really, What Do Young Conservatives Want?

Jane Coaston

MTV News

Abstract

Young conservatives are here to stay, and in 2016, they voted in higher numbers — and exhibited higher engagement with candidates and issues — than they had in the past 20 years. But millennial conservatives aren’t social conservatives, and they aren’t necessarily fiscal conservatives, either. Jane Coaston reviewed the latest polling data and analytics in a discussion about what we’re hearing — and not hearing — from a demographic that will impact our politics, and our policies, for decades to come.

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Author Biography

Jane Coaston is a political reporter for MTV News based in Washington, DC. Her reporting has focused recently on the political right and the Republican Party. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she attended the University of Michigan.