I agree with you, but its not completely new. A LOT of people are liberal when they are in and just out of college. A lot of old conservatives started out as idealistic liberals. Life happens and a lot of times people wise up. Not always, but a lot of times.
Agreed. This phenomenon has been observed for quite some time. It’s an old saying, for instance, that a conservative is just a liberal who’s been mugged by reality. These millenials are just in the process of getting mugged by reality.