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    For First Time, Millennials And Gen-X Were A Majority Of Electorate In 2016

    The youngest two generations of voters finally outstripped the number of older voters in 2016 — a sign of how politicians will have to grapple with winning over a fast-changing electorate.
    by Danielle Kurtzleben Jul 31, 2017 3 minutes
    Young voters were a driving force behind Bernie Sanders' campaign in 2016. / Spencer Platt / Getty Images

    Political strategists, take note: for the first time, Millennials and Gen-Xers outvoted their elders in 2016, according to data from the Pew Research Center.

    Fully 69.6 million Millennials (defined as people who were 18 to 35 in 2016) and members of Generation X (ages 36 to 51) cast votes in 2016, according to a Pew analysis of data from the Census Bureau. By comparison, 67.9 million Boomers and members of older generations voted.

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