"According to a report by The Center for Information &
Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE), only 5% of
youth voters participated in the Super Tuesday contests. "
By C. Cryn Johannsen
Loop21
March 8, 2012
"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
"To win the future,
according to Democratic activists and Millennial
chroniclers Morley Winograd and Mike Hais, Democrats
must all appeal to the next generation of families.
Many of today’s childless Millennials are still
under 30 and plan to have kids "
By Joel Kotkin
NewGeography.com
February 10, 2012
"One of the biggest
shows of this decade could be a reality show called
"Everybody Hates Washington." The widespread public
hostility towards our nation's capital is a function
of the popular belief that the votes of people who
live or work in D.C. are for sale to the highest
bidder."
By Brad Bannon
U.S News and World Report
January 30, 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
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
"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
"...Paul's emergence from the attic represents
much more of a threat than it did four years ago to
the Republican Party than they realize. For the
second presidential campaign season in a row, Paul
has demonstrated an ability to use new media to
connect his unconventional message to those
searching for something different in ways that will
have an impact in contests to come. "
By Michael D. Hais
and
Morley Winograd
Huffington Post
January 3, 20112
"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 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
"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
Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais tell Kasia
Anderson that Millennials are sympathetic to the
Occupy movement, but they also demand practical
solutions.
December 7, 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
"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
"...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
"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
"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
Interview: Leslie Marshall Show
Leslie Marshall With Michael D. Hais and Morley
Winograd
Nationally Syndicated Radio
October 23, 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
FoxNews.com LIVE How a New Generation is
Remaking America
Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais at St.
Francis College
Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais at Politics
and Prose Bookstore
" There’s something for everyone in this
book, including optimism and hope which can be
hard to find in an analysis of America’s future
today " By Chris Carbone
Innovaro Insights & Research Blog
September 30, 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
The Millennial Generation, America's Newest
Civic Generation
" if you’ve been feeling the blues lately
over any number of things, give yourself a
refreshing break and read a book that will
inspire you and give you hope. " By Mark Zaifman
Money Matters
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 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
"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
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
"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
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
"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
"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 9, 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
"These college freshmen are the first to have
lived more than half their lives after 9/11.
They grew up in a world of accelerated change
that might blow your mind, although that term is
so '60s to them. So is the Berlin Wall, the
Soviet Union, and life
without the Internet." By Chuck
Raasch
Gannett - Lohud.com
August 26, 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
Millennials believe that collective action at
the local level is the best way to solve
national problems. Just as their parents set the
rules within which millennials were free to
exercise their creative energies, millennials
look to the federal government to set national
goals, even to establish mandates for required
behavior. By Morley
Winograd and Michael D. Hais
Star-Telegram
August 29, 2011
Podcast:
Wilshire and Washington featuring Mike Hais and
Morley Winograd
Hosts
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry and Kristen Soltis talk
to M&M about Millennial Momentum and
the intersection of politics, entertainment and
technology.
"...these so-called Millennials who don't regret
their four-year education but may have second
thoughts about their majors — are handling
thwarted career ambitions better than generations
just before them." By Barry Shlachter
Star-Telegram
August 19, 2011
"The Democratic Party still has to convince
Millennials that it can effectively use government
to solve the problems confronting their generation
and the nation if it is to retain the cohort's
loyalty. But the GOP is in the much mor—e difficult
position of having to change almost its entire
imagery and approach to politics and government in
order to win over skeptical members of the
Millennial Generation." By Michael D. Hais
and
Morley Winograd
Huffington Post
August 3, 2011
Suburban Hip Is Where
It’s At "What Walker, Ryan
and their Republican allies have forgotten is that
American political philosophy and opinion are
neither left nor right but both at the same time.
Democrats also cannot afford to indulge in
schadenfreude over their GOP opponents’ current
miseries and fail to heed the same lesson. " By Michael D. Hais and Morley Winograd
Politico
June 2, 2011
America on the march:
Left, right "What Walker, Ryan
and their Republican allies have forgotten is that
American political philosophy and opinion are
neither left nor right but both at the same time.
Democrats also cannot afford to indulge in
schadenfreude over their GOP opponents’ current
miseries and fail to heed the same lesson. " By Michael D. Hais and Morley Winograd
Politico
June 2, 2011
"They're entering adulthood in the worst economy
since the 1930s, and social scientists say they are
forming attitudes similar to the generation that
grew up in the Great Depression. "
By Chuck Raasch and Elizabeth Bewley
Gannett Washington Bureau
Delaware Online - May 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 7
Road to the White House 2012: Politics, Media and
Technology
Center on Communication Leadership & Policy
USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
Event begins with lunch at 11:30
350 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 3350
Los Angeles, CA 90071
