Millennials have steadily grown toward becoming the most active generation in recent years. One observation many have made about them is that millennials, the nickname for Generation Y (those born anytime between 1982 to 2000), are by and large a liberal generation. Some critics have suggested that they are too left and are more of a socialist leaning generation than any other before them.

Last year, millennials exceeded baby boomers in population, which would position them as the dominant constituents going into the 2016 Presidential Elections. And, while a big turn out of millennials for this election year can be expected, it’s safe to say that they won't necessarily vote.

Currently, a large number of millennials support Bernie Sanders as their candidate of choice to be the next President of The United States. Sanders has attracted them because of his unwavering stance on getting money out of Washington, solving the issue of climate change, wage inequality and student loan debt reform.

During the Iowa Caucus, 84 percent of millennials voted in favor of Sanders, exceeding expectations, making the contest between Sanders and Hillary Clinton extremely close. A week later at the New Hampshire primary, a New York Times exit poll showed that 83 percent of millennials voted for Sanders, giving him the victory by a 22 percent lead.

In Nevada’s Democratic primary, an NBC exit poll showed that 82 percent of Democratic millennials voted for Sanders, leaving Clinton with another narrow victory. Even the Super Tuesday Democratic primaries that have shown Clinton win a majority of the states, 7 of the 11 states, had 65 percent of millennials vote for Sanders, while only 35 percent voted for Clinton.

The South Carolina Democratic Primary, which saw Clinton take her biggest victory over Sanders with 73 percent of the vote, showed that 54 percent of millennials voted for Sanders.

So, if millennials have the ability to determine who the next President of the United States will be, how can their preferred candidate still lose the vote? Contrary to the beliefs of speculators and critics alike that suggest millennials could sway the election, the one event that can prevent that from happening is that millennials simply won't show up to vote.

While the Iowa Caucus had 84 percent of its Democratic millennials vote for Sanders and 14 percent for Clinton, entrance polls show that millennials only made up 18 percent of voters. In New Hampshire, where Sanders was victorious, the 83 percent of millennials who supported Sanders and 16 percent who voted for Clinton only made up 19 percent of voters. In South Carolina, where Sanders lost to Clinton by a wide margin, the 54 percent of millennials who supported Sanders and the 46 percent that supported Clinton, only made up 15 percent of voters.

It's bad enough that millennials haven’t been showing up for midterm elections to vote for members of the government's legislative branch. They have a tendency to ignore state and local elections. Perhaps millennials are waiting for November 8, 2016 to have their voices heard. One thing is clear, if millennials continue to not show up for the elections, this election will be anyone else's but theirs.