"Millennials have
overwhelmingly turned their backs on conventional notions about
the place of women in society, making their generation the most
gender neutral, if not female driven, in U.S. history. " By Morley
Winograd and
Michael D. Hais
Business Insider
March 1, 2012
"While all generations are about equally likely to name “being a
good parent” and “having a successful marriage” as important
markers of success, young people are much more likely also to
mention doing work that benefits society and having a
high-paying job as important life achievements." By Michael D. Hais
and Morley
Winograd Beinkandescent
March 1, 2012
"While generational birth
years and characteristics don’t readily translate
across the boundaries of culture and religion, the
importance of children in Iran, a country in which
70% of the population is under 30, comes across very
clearly in A Separation, the odds-on favorite for
best foreign film at this year’s Academy Awards. " By Michael D. Hais
and Morley Winograd Hypervocal February 21, 2012
"...the fact that many in Congress suddenly
abandoned their support of SOPA or PIPA in the face
of this consumer revolt also sent a clear warning to
those pushing the bills, using traditional methods
of high-priced lobbying and closed-door decision
making, that their way of doing business is equally
in jeopardy." By Michael D. Hais and Morley Winograd Huffington Post January 22, 2012
"When
the Court rules on the constitutionality of the
Affordable Care Act, it will be judging legislation
about which generations sharply disagree. Two-thirds
of Millennials want the Affordable Care Act either
to be expanded (44%) or left as is (23%)." By
Michael D. Hais and
Morley Winograd
Politico
January 13, 2012
"To win
Millennial support, the Republican Party has to
persuade Millennials that it and its potential
presidential nominees are a viable alternative. So
far, there is little in the Pew research (or any
other poll) to suggest that they have done much to
accomplish that undertaking. If anything, the GOP’s
push to the right on both economic and social issues
makes that increasingly unlikely." By Michael D. Hais
and
Morley Winograd
Huffington Post
December 20, 2011
"In a time of
great political unrest and economic anxiety, this
inter-generational wealth gap has the potential to throw
gasoline on an already white hot fire. Only by understanding the
sources of this increasing disparity can the country develop
policies that will help to close the gap and create a fairer,
less economically stratified society. " By
Michael D. Hais and
Morley Winograd NewGeography.com
December 15, 2011
"...despite their
sympathy with the movement, Millennials are not yet ready to
fully endorse the Occupy movement. This gap between the support
Millennials have for the beliefs of the protest movement and
their less than enthusiastic backing of it, suggests both the
opportunity for success Occupy still has and the danger to the
movement if it fails to focus its strategy on attracting
Millennials to its cause." By
Michael D. Hais and
Morley Winograd
Christian Science Monitor
November 29, 2011
"...contrary to
conventional wisdom, the economy, stupid, is not likely to hurt
the president’s chances more than it has to date. Its effect is
already built into the poll’s numbers, which show Obama beating
his most likely - and strongest - potential opponent, Mitt
Romney, by six percentage points in the most recent Battleground
survey. " By
Michael D. Hais
and Morley Winograd
Politico
November 14, 2011
"Shortly after our book
was published, these protests sprung up seemingly spontaneously
in more than 1,400 cities across the country, leading one
commentator to suggest we should be given 'the Nobel Prize for
Predictions.'" By Morley Winograd
and Michael D. Hais
Christian Science Monitor
October 27, 2011
"Had the auto
industry built a positive image among environmentally conscious
Millennials, GM and its peers might have built sufficient brand
loyalty to help maintain their financial footing." By Morley
Winograd
and Michael D. Hais
Detroit News
October 27, 2011
"Millennials are significantly less likely than
older Americans to be members of a specific
denomination or to participate in traditional
religious rituals. About 1 in 5 Millennials (18
percent) has left the denomination of their
childhood and a quarter of them are completely
unaffiliated with any denomination." By Morley Winograd and
Michael D. Hais
Christian Science Monitor
September 26, 2011
"Millennial families will be increasingly
diverse in their ethnicity, religious
affiliation and practices, and the sexual
orientation and lifestyles of partners and those
raising children. In fact, Millennial era
families will be so varied that it will almost
not be meaningful to refer to a “typical”
American family. " By Michael D. Hais
and Morley Winograd
DemoDirt
September 9, 2011
"In 2008, Millennials provided Obama with
roughly 7 million, or 80 percent, of his 8.5
million popular vote margin. However, only
forty-one percent of all Millennials, (born
1982- 2003) were eligible to vote that year. In
2012, about sixty percent of the generation will
be eligible to vote, representing a potential
voting block of one out of every four adult
Americans. " By Michael D. Hais
and Morley Winograd Huffington Post
September 6, 2011
"Cable television channels, such as MTV, have
had to adjust their programming to reflect the
Millennial Generations’ sensibilities or else
risk losing their audience to competitors, such
as the Disney Channel and ABC Family, which have
had Millennials as their target audience since
their inception." By Morley
Winograd
and Michael D. Hais
Hypervocal
September 6, 2011
The Leslie
Marshall Show: The South Carolina Republican Primary
-- In this hour of the Leslie Marshall Show, host
Brad Bannon was joined by Morley Winograd and
Michael D. Hais. January 20, 2012
"In this hour of the Leslie Marshall Show, host Brad Bannon was
joined by Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais. Winograd and Hais
are both authors. They talked with Brad about their new book,
Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation is Remaking
America. " November 29, 2011
Truthdig Radio
Interview
Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais tell Kasia Anderson that
Millennials are sympathetic to the Occupy movement, but they
also demand practical solutions.
Interview: Leslie Marshall Show
Leslie Marshall With Michael D. Hais and Morley Winograd
Nationally Syndicated Radio October 23, 2011
The Millennial Generation (born 1982–2003) is
America’s Newest Civic Generation
"In their 2008 book, Millennial Makeover, Morley
Winograd and Michael D. Hais argued that the
Millennial Generation would change American
politics for good. Later that year, a huge surge
of participation from young voters helped to
launch Barack Obama into the White House." Airtalk with Larry Mantle
89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio
September 22, 2011
Morley Winograd and Michael Hais Interviewed on
WJR, Detroit
"Morley Winograd and Mike Hais, two former
Michiganians have been doing extensive research
and polling on the Millennial Generation, new
book Millennial Momentum, which looks at the
impact of this generation that is larger than
the boomers on American politics and life over
the
coming decade. " WJR
Newstalk
Frank Beckman
September 19, 2011
Wilshire and Washington Podcast featuring Mike &
Morley
Hosts Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry and Kristen
Soltis talk to Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais about
Millennial Momentum
and the intersection of politics, entertainment and
technology.
Authors: Morley Winograd and
Michael D. Hais
Publication Date: September 2011 Rutgers
University Press
ISBN: 978-0-8135-5150-0
Millennial Momentum
describes how the Millennial Generation is
changing the way the United States lives
and learns, votes and governs, works and
plays.
About every eight decades, coincident with
the most stressful and perilous events in
U.S. history
—
the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and the
Great Depression and World War II —
a new, positive, accomplished, and
group-oriented "civic generation" emerges to
change the course of history and remake
America. The Millennial Generation (born
1982-2003) is America's newest civic
generation.
From the authors of Millennial Makeover
—
one of the New York Times
10-Favorite Books of
2008 —
comes an inspiring glimpse into our nation's
future.
It’s On Us:
Millennial
Momentum eing told you are the
generation to change the world is an
interesting experience. It is especially
interesting when it is backed up by hundreds
of years of generational research.
GuentherMedia just took a trip to the bay
area to hear Morley Winograd and Michael D.
Hais talk about their latest book,
Millennial Momentum. As you might
guess, it is about the Millennial generation
(born roughly 1982-2003) and how we are the
generation that will bring this country out
of its funk. It is a fascinating book loaded
with research about a cycle of generations
that appears to be a pattern in this country
since its inception.
Now candidly, I was a bit of an
easy sell since the book was all about how
my generation was going to change the world.
However, the majority of the boomers and
x-ers in the room, though some skeptical at
first, largely embraced this message by the
end. Both authors had an amazingly
comprehensive understanding of the research.
They went as far as predicting what type of
health care system is more likely as
Millennials begin to dominate the voting age
population. You will have to pick up the
book to learn its other pearls of wisdom and
predictions.
If nothing else, this book is a glimmer of
hope in a very tough time. It paints a
bright picture for the future of the United
States, where giving back to your country
and community, pragmatism, and quality are
the unifying characteristics. At a time when
little seems to be progressing, and the
government seems more dysfunctional than
ever, a generation that is defined by their
desire to work for the good of one another
seems to be just what we need as a nation.
Only time will tell whether all of these
predictions come true. It is hard to
estimate how big an impact things like the
Internet and access to information have on
generational theory. However, the early
information we have on the Millennial
Generation seems to say that the cycle is
still on track, as Millenials are already
exhibiting the characteristics that make us
more like our great-grandparents than our
parents. So for progressives, hope remains
in the form of the young people of our
country, and lucky for us, history is on our
side.
"Crowd-sourced government? Even though
Winograd and Hais note that Millennials are
generally more aligned with the Democratic
party, they make it clear that the
Millennials’ desire to solve societal
challenges and collaborate does not favor
the status quo. They will push for increased
group participation and transparency,
suggesting that both parties will be into
new territory in coming years." By Chris Carbone Futurist, Director Innovaro, Inc.
November 4, 2011
"So what's their next step right now? Don't
ask me. Don't ask them. A tidal wave is
coming, and it's them. It doesn't even
matter if Occupy Wall Street fizzles.
History is about to be made, and these
bright young people will figure out what
steps to take as they go along. It has
begun. A new generation has arrived. I have
seen the future and can die a happy, hopeful
woman. " Posted by dorothy
Outfrontpolitics
October 7, 2011
"While reading this book I couldn’t help but
recall how much I admire today’s youth,
their energy, optimism, their family values,
their care for others. I have also noticed
an amazing lack of obsession with money. "
Posted by Fr. Constantine Newsletter of Holy Trinity Church,
Portland, Maine October, 2011
"This is the
generation of social networking - the same
group that is spearheading the "Arab Spring"
overseas. America's past, fierce valuing of
a polarizing 'cowboy' independence is
shifting to a kinder and gentler valuing of
inter-dependence."
Posted by+Ed
The Episcopal Diocese
of Eau Claire October,
2011
"Sooner
rather than later, the ethnically diverse,
socially tolerant, technologically fluent
Millennials will make a new nation. Politically,
the changing of the guard is inevitable. Next
year Millennials will constitute 24 percent of
the nation’s electorate, compared with 9 percent
in 2008 and 36 percent in 2020." By Richard
Reeves
Truthdig.com
September 14, 2011
"While Millennials may be less enthusiastic
about President Obama in 2012, they will be,
as the Winograd-Hais book points out, much
more in tune with President Obama's public
policies than with any of the positions of
the current crop of Republican candidates."
By Ronald Goldfarb
The Hill Pundit's Blog
September 14, 2011
"The most distinctive aspect of the
Millennial Generation is its strong belief
in taking collective action primarily at the
local level to solve national problems" By Cryn Johannsen All Education Matters August 22, 2011
"Hais
says there is good reason to be optimistic about
the future and that it’s “not pie in the sky.”
He says research shows that the Millennials will
force the country to address long simmering
problems such as race, immigration, financial
security and income distribution. "
By Bill Castanier
DomeMagazine.com
November 18, 2011
"Millennials
are a lot more idealistic. They actually look
for solutions to tough problems, and they think
solutions are possible in any environment."
By Ruben Navarrette
Ventura County Star
November 12, 2011
"...here's
the real headache for Republicans: Millennials
are a demographic bulge comparable to the Baby
Boom in size. In 2008, only about 40% of
Millennials were old enough to vote. Next year,
well over half will be. Even if turnout is
lower, there are just more of these incredibly
liberal young people floating around, increasing
every year. " By Laura Vanderkam
USA Today September 29, 2011
"No matter what the issue at hand, the extreme
voices tend to be the loudest — and often the
most inflexible. So policy debates quickly
degenerate into a pair of competing and
intractable positions that neither side will
budge from." By Ruben Navarrette Jr.
CNN.com
September 29, 2011
PBS Newshour: New Book Explores How Millennials
Shape American Life, Culture
The new book, Millennial Momentum: How a New
Generation Is Remaking America, explores
how young people coming of age are reshaping
American life and culture. Judy Woodruff speaks
with authors Morley Winograd and Michael D.
Hais.
"Millennials have been hit hardest of all groups
when it comes to unemployment, yet there's some
doubt as to whether conservatives can make
significant inroads if the primary process
rewards stances against same-sex marriage and
hard lines on immigration. " By Ted
Johnson
Variety
September 24, 2011
"The recession is crushing young people. Across
the country, one in five young adults are living
in poverty, their employment levels are at the
lowest level since the 1940s, and last year saw
a 25% jump in the number residing with their
parents." By Stephen Henderson
Detroit Free Press
September 23, 2011
"Another thought-provoking segment of their
argument: every so often—every 80 years or
so—America reasseses our collective values and
redefines our social contract. These "civic
ethos" debates shape our policies and approaches
for the next several decades. Right now, it's
fair to say, we're in one of those moments—and
the Millennials, the largest generation to date,
have a shot at helping define our ethos. " By Alison Beth Waldman SparkAction
September 21, 2011