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Support for Obama and Democrats Slips Among 'Millennial' Generation

One of the factors that fueled the resurgence of the Democrats in the 2006 midterms and particularly President Obama's 2008 campaign was the enthusiastic backing of the "Millennial" generation -- voters between 18 and 29. But a Pew Research Center study says that the Democrats' advantage over Republicans with this group has dramatically shrunk from a 32 point margin in 2008 to 14 points. These numbers include both those who identify with one of the two parties, or lean towards one or the other. The figures come from an ongoing series of reports Pew is doing, based on data it and others have ...

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