Amid talk of healthcare reform, Millennials may be growing dissatisfied with their President’s political stylings.

According to a new ScoopDaily/Zogby poll, a 46% plurality of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 feel Barack Obama’s approach to governing has been too passive — a figure that exceeded national percentages by roughly 7 points.

This consensus — however slight — may correspond to findings in a seperate ScoopDaily/Zogby poll, indicating that 30.9% (to a mere 13.5 %) of the same demographic “strongly approved” of a provision that would make healthcare coverage mandatory for all individuals, and require government to provide coverage to any individual unable to do so.

Few would disagree that the President’s presence on Capitol Hill has, in large part, determined the nature of reform. For better or worse, he’s taken the reins in coordinating — or attempting to coordinate — Democratic and Republican objectives, albeit with questionable success. Yet in the face of ideological inflexibility and inter-party politics, many young Americans are beginning to worry whether Obama should be more aggressive in his demands, and if the possibility of reform is worth forfeiting his dream for Washington bipartisanship.

Millennial feedback from both polls, however, came at odds with national sentiment. While a majority of 18-24 year olds seemed to favor the aforemetioned provision, a whopping 41.3% of Americans “strongly disapproved” of its inclusion in the current healthcare bill; just 23.8% “strongly approved.” Similarly, just 38.6% of Americans as a whole said Obama’s approach to governance was too “passive”, compared to the 51% who felt it was not.

With 13.2 million Millennials left uninsured as a result of economic downturn and employment loopholes, this generational gap is perfectly understandable. Though it’s unlikely that Obama will lose his Millennial constituents to a Presidential challenger, the political climate surrounding his agenda — one that’s becoming increasingly unfavorable — may endanger his progressive momentum.

Which isn’t to say that majority of Americans are opposed to his objectives — just that the Millennial demographic expected to bolster them may be losing their vigor.

Another ScoopDaily/Zogby poll conducted in 2009, for instance, found that roughly 1/3 of the same demographic believed that Obama was “abandoning many of the progressive causes he championed during his campaign.”

This sense of generational disillusionment may appear unthreatening in contrast to the Teabagging hoopla. But its consequences could very well compromise Obama’s chances of re-election — and more importantly, the success of healthcare reform — in a Capital desperate for national direction.

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