Well I was 20 when I was discharged after WW II. When I could vote at 21 I voted Republican and so did the other guys. It depends on what kind of country we leave the Millennials. A good country with lots of jobs and the youth will vote Republican. If we leave them crap jobs, they vote for government. Give everyone a good job now and they will vote Republican. Nevermind the crap of ‘all they want is free stuff’. They want a job that pays enough for them to buy the ‘stuff’ they want.
One of the problems with the younguns is they have the idea that you just waltz into the same economic situation that you had when you lived with mom and dad.
Real estate is a good point.
Their parents usually rented an apartment until they saved the down payment for a starter home.
As their economic situation got better, better paying jobs, promotions and whatnot, they traded up to a nicer home with better neighbors and good schools.
The younguns expect to graduate high school and walk into a job just like the one mom or dad have *now*.
They expect their first house to be just like mom and dads, a three or four bedroom w/kitchen, dining room, basement and attached two car garage on a minimum of two acres of land.
They expect to drive the same loaded car/suv/truck that the parents had. And no older than one year old.
No cheap starter cars for these Special Snowflakes!
This is a generalization, so there are exceptions, I know several who expect to start small.
I have acquaintances who are Realtors, car salesmen and service providers.
They shake their heads and try to explain to the kids why they can’t get that same job mom or dad spent decades working up to.
Or they have to try and talk the kids into houses and cars they can actually afford.
The kids have been told for so long that great things come without sacrifice that they don’t even understand the concept.
We, as in we generally, have betrayed the younger generations by shielding them from the realities of the world.
Bad things happen to good people and not everyone wins.
There are no participation trophies in the real world.