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Emily you are one of the important analysts rather in the nation on our millennials. I know we don't know the

micro detail of the election yet, but that the millennials show up and what

did they mean to the results? Well, yes, I mean, evidence suggests early on that millennials were more energized to vote,

but I think they're more reflective overall of how many Democratic constituents felt going into this election

that they viewed this as a referendum very specifically on President Trump.

But is it enough? I mean, Dan Ball's just published in the Washington Post talking about that

red wall that hit the blue wave. I mean, do the millennials have enough oomph to with the margin help liberals in two years?

I think that it could during the presidential year but as we know you know

midterms are a little bit tougher because of

turnout however what we have seen is that it looks like we're still counting votes

but more people have voted or as about as many people have voted in this election as in

26th a presidential election which is quite astounding so we still have to wait to see how that shakes out in terms of

millennials but their turnout was higher than what would be expected in typical midterm elections.

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