Millennials are embracing socialism: In a recent YouGov poll, 70% of millennials said they'd be somewhat or extremely likely to vote for a socialist. It's likely because of their debt and stagnant wages.
Consequently, 2020 presidential candidates are proposing socialist or socialist-inspired policies to appeal to this cohort.
Millennials are the most diverse generation in US history to date, giving them broader perspectives. "To a degree not seen in any previous generation, millennials see themselves in the shoes of others who don't look like them, speak the same language, have the same education, or come from the same background," wrote Peter Economy for Inc.
They're thus more active about social justice and inequality issues, participating in movements like #BlackLivesMatter and the Women's March.
A 2019 report by the Case Foundation, which studied more than 150,000 millennials, found they care most about civil rights/racial discrimination, healthcare, education, and employment. They're also confident their actions, whether big or small, will elicit change. Consider Resource Generation, a group of wealthy American millennials who put their money toward social justice causes.
Millennials were also the first generation to overwhelmingly support same-sex marriage, which became legalized in 2015, Business Insider's Rachel Premack reported.