Poll: Millennials more likely to self-identify as libertarians than any other generation
A new poll indicates that libertarians are found in the highest concentration among millennials.illennials, who are more willing to accept the label than any other generation:
While most polls place people with libertarian leanings at about a quarter of the broader population, asking Americans whether they'd describe themselves as "socially liberal and fiscally conservative" — a simple approximation of libertarian views — can bump that figure as high as 59 percent. And a 2014 poll found that 53 percent of millennials would vote for candidates who described themselves with that formula.
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