Millennials Lean Toward Less Middle East Involvement
Of all age groups, millennials are the least supportive of foreign intervention.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Disillusioned millennials skeptical of more war in Middle East
On foreign policy, millennials lean toward less war and action abroad.
That could mean bad news for Republicans, as leading GOP candidates show strong support for foreign wars, though the Democratic field differs little from them. As the Pew Research Center notes, however, Americans favor Republicans by a 12-point margin over Democrats when asked which party could do a better job handling terrorism.In 2012, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs found that “52 percent of millennials would prefer that the United States take a less active role in foreign affairs and focus instead on domestic issues,” according to The Daily Signal.
Disillusioned by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as American involvement in Pakistan, Somalia, and Libya, millennials have become more skeptical of the benefits of an interventionist foreign policy. With the rise of ISIS since the 2012 Chicago Council survey, however, millennial support has probably crept up, following national trends.
Disillusioned millennials skeptical of more war in Middle East (Red Alert Politics)