Latest Poll of Millenials - 10 to 13 October

The University of Massachusetts, Lowell has conducted a poll of 1247 Americans between the ages of 18 and 35, the inaugural Millenials Poll.

Some highlights:

__ 53% percent said they would prefer to see a meteor destroy the world than have Mr. Trump in the Oval Office. __ 34% percent preferring planetary annihilation to seeing The Hillary win.

[DonDiego supposes the election of The Hillary or Mr. Trump would be less devastating than a world-ending meteor strike, . . . but in the case of The Hillary, maybe pretty close.]

__ 26% say the nation would do better to select its next leader in a random lottery.

[DonDiego sees some wisdom in this novel method of candidate selection.]

__ 39% say they would prefer that U.S. President Barack Obama declare himself President for Life than hand over power to Clinton or Trump.

[DonDiego is more than a mite troubled by the enthusiasm for any President for Life; historically such declarations lead to a government more interested in increasing its own power and improving the lives of those involved with the Government, over improving the lives of all citizens. Of course the US is already on that track anyway, . . . but that so many Millenials have apparently "drunk the koolaid" is troubling.]

From the pollster:

"We do not take our respondents at their word that they are earnestly interested in seeing the world
end, but we do take their willingness to rank two Constitutional crises and a giant meteor ahead of
these two candidates with startlingly frequency as a sign of displeasure and disaffection with the
candidates and the election of 2016."

Of course smart people didn't need to have that explained to them.

For the record, this is precisely the reason DonDiego included the link in his original post from which forkushV extracted the pollster's quote.

It does seem to be a generation with a tendency toward hyperbole. Perhaps we should expect that from people fond of saying that one person is literally a different person.

This generation has provided the bulk of the people who have defended our nation and our way of life since 2001.

Wouldn't it be fun if absolutely zero votes were cast for the office of POTUS?

It won't happen.

But I've always wished that nobody would show up at planned/announced riots, KKK rallies, other such things meant to stir up ugliness and hate.

Now THAT could be possible. Not likely, but possible.
The message: Go away. Nobody cares. Get a life, do something for the general good.

Huge! But it didn't feel ad big as Mandalay Bay.