Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans

In our politics, we all have a penchant for making neat divisions - youth vote, soccer moms, military. But most of the time those are gross generalizations. Categories overlap, and when we talk here at Future Majority about millennials and young voters, we should remember that this category overlaps with - really envelopes - the active duty military. Candidates say youth vote, we think “campus outreach” and “education costs,” but, as this disturbing article in the Washington Post makes clear, we should also be thinking “Veterans Benefits” or “A New GI Bill.”

Our soldiers are coming home and not receiving the support they deserve to pick up their lives. If that’s not a young voter issue, I don’t know what is. For more, check out Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. I added them to the sidebar under non-partisan.