![]() They brought me to my fourth conclusion: What Millennials have in store for the political system is revolutionary. In all, I conducted more than 80 interviews with Millennials as well as pollsters, demographers, and generational experts. politics over the next two or three decades if the best and bright of the next generation abandon Washington? So I talked to them - at elite public high schools in suburban Washington and Boston, at Harvard University’s Kennedy School for Government, and on Capitol Hill. Beyond the why, I wanted to understand what it means: What happens to U.S. ![]() For a least a decade, experts have struggled to understand why civic-minded Millennials are rejecting public service and politics. The first three conclusions are rooted in hard data I’ll share below. The only way Millennials might engage Washington is if they first radically change it.Just as Baby Boomers are retiring from government and politics, Washington faces a rising-generation “brain drain.” So the best and brightest are rejecting public service as a career path.They don’t see politics or government as a way to improve their communities, their country, or the world.Millennials, in general, are fiercely committed to community service. ![]()
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