Marriage and birth patterns of Millennials

Bryan Preston has some statistics about Millenials, those of us between the ages of 18 and 33:

Currently just 26% of millennials — those between age 18 and 33 — are married. At the same age, 36% of GenX and 48% of the Baby Boomers were married. And 69% of millennials say they want to get married, but the lack of jobs is holding them back.

Looking at the millennials’ marriage and birth pattern from a purely political point of view, the fact that nearly half of all millennials’ children are being born outside marriage may be the single most significant statistic on the horizon, more than the rise of the Hispanic vote. In 2012, married men and women heavily favored Republican Mitt Romney over Democrat Barack Obama. Both single men and women voted for the Democrats. The marriage gap has held more or less steady since 1996, according to Gallup, with Republicans always performing better among marrieds than among singles.

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