# Milan Singh

> Milan Singh is a writer and pollster based in Washington, DC, best known as the founder and director of the Yale Youth Poll, whose 2025 surveys forced a national conversation about the rightward drift of the youngest Gen Z voters. A 2026 Yale economics graduate from Cambridge, Massachusetts, he is a fellow at The Argument and a former researcher at Slow Boring, writing about polling, elections, inflation, housing, and the economy.

- **Role:** Fellow at The Argument; Founder and Director of the Yale Youth Poll
- **Organizations:** The Argument, Yale Youth Poll, Yale Daily News, Slow Boring, Niskanen Center
- **From:** Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in Economics (applied econometrics and industrial organization), Yale University (Pierson College)
- **Known for:** Founded and directs the Yale Youth Poll, which produced widely cited 2025 surveys on Gen Z political views, Documented a striking within-generation divide: 18-21-year-olds favored Republicans by 12 points while 22-29-year-olds favored Democrats by 6 points in 2026 midterm polling, Published more than 30 articles across The Argument, Slow Boring, Yale Daily News, the Niskanen Center, and CommonWealth Beacon since 2022

## Career timeline

- **2022** — Begins publishing on economics and politics; joins Yale Daily News as a columnist
- **2023** — Works as a researcher at Slow Boring and as a social policy intern at the Niskanen Center
- **2024** — Serves as Opinion editor for the Yale Daily News; data science fellow at Decision Desk HQ
- **2025** — Founds and directs the Yale Youth Poll; its findings on young voters draw national coverage; appears on AEI podcast
- **2026** — Graduates from Yale; thesis on the impact of tariffs on U.S. manufacturing employment, 2018-2024; becomes a fellow at The Argument, based in Washington, DC

## Achievements

- Founded and directs the Yale Youth Poll, which produced widely cited 2025 surveys on Gen Z political views
- Documented a striking within-generation divide: 18-21-year-olds favored Republicans by 12 points while 22-29-year-olds favored Democrats by 6 points in 2026 midterm polling
- Published more than 30 articles across The Argument, Slow Boring, Yale Daily News, the Niskanen Center, and CommonWealth Beacon since 2022
- Invited onto the American Enterprise Institute's 'What the Hell Is Going On' podcast to explain young-voter trends
- Wrote an undergraduate thesis on the effect of 2018-2024 tariffs on U.S. manufacturing employment

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Graduated from Yale and continued as a fellow at The Argument, writing about polling and politics from Washington, DC.
- **2025-12** — Yale Youth Poll released findings on the prevalence of anti-Israel and antisemitic views in the electorate.
- **2025-06** — Yale Youth Poll's Gen Z split findings drew national attention; Singh appeared on AEI's podcast to discuss young voters turning conservative.

## Links

- Website: https://milansingh.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milansingh03/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/milansinghtweet

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