Poll: Half of millennials independent

POLITICO: Half of millennials identify as independents up from 38 percent in 2004, according to a new poll.

These are the highest levels of political disaffiliation the Pew Research Center has recorded for any generation in its 25 years of polling.

But more millennials have Democratic leanings — half identify as Democrats or lean toward the Democratic party compared to 34 percent who identify as Republican or lean toward the Republican party, according to the survey… (more)