• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    If you look at the 2024 election numbers there is barely a red margin for boomers (65+). It’s men 50+ that have a significantly larger likelihood to vote Republican.

      • The youngest boomers were born in 1964 (the last year of that generation), so they were 60 for the 2024 election. So yes, there a little overlap because the poll age ranges aren’t exactly the same as the generational ones, but the older boomers would be 70, so mostly in that bottom bar.

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          21 hours ago

          Yes, the bottom bar that also went for Trump based on the chart.

          The only bottom bar that didn’t go to Trump is women 50+, and they went +1% toward D.

          Every other boomer cohort goes right (weirdly, to the left on the chart which is why I suspect it’s been read incorrectly).

          • AFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.ca
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            17 hours ago

            I said that they haven’t been voting significantly more conservative than liberal. There’s this notion that Republicans won because boomers so vote red, and younger generations all voting blue don’t quite offset them. The reality is that, while more boomers voted red than blue, the difference isn’t huge, and younger generations aren’t all overwhelmingly blue either.