The kids are alright: Gen Z may have kept the Red Wave at bay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whoa Whoa Whoa! Put us 45 year olds with the 30-somethings.

right? Can I PLEASE not be associated with those idiot racist old fogeys who wrap themselves in the confederate flag?

I renounce my lack of melanin

+1 I’ll accept my incipient middle age but I will not sit with the schlubby racist misogynists. I’ve been voting for 24 years and I have not started to slide into regressive politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whoa Whoa Whoa! Put us 45 year olds with the 30-somethings.

GenX is conservative. Such a disappointment!

As a GenXer, I am also disappointed in my generation. You would think that having had to suffer the effects of Reaganism these last 30+ years that we would know better.

At least personally though, all of my former R friends now vote D.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whoa Whoa Whoa! Put us 45 year olds with the 30-somethings.

GenX is conservative. Such a disappointment!

As a GenXer, I am also disappointed in my generation. You would think that having had to suffer the effects of Reaganism these last 30+ years that we would know better.

At least personally though, all of my former R friends now vote D.

Same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I always wonder why they throw Asians into an all other category and not a separate breakout

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I always wonder why they throw Asians into an all other category and not a separate breakout

Because Asians only makeup like 5% of the population, and even smaller voting block.

-Asian American, Gen Xer, voted mostly blue

Also, that age span is weird. 45 to 64 is a wide age span. It spans both Gen x and Boomers, the youngest of whom are 58.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I always wonder why they throw Asians into an all other category and not a separate breakout

Because Asians only makeup like 5% of the population, and even smaller voting block.

-Asian American, Gen Xer, voted mostly blue

Also, that age span is weird. 45 to 64 is a wide age span. It spans both Gen x and Boomers, the youngest of whom are 58.

Genx and boomers are the same old people

[Anonymous]

GenX is a small one to begin with.

I’m actually in the cusp group - xennial or Oregon trail. Never fully identified as an Xer

So, yeah-there is also that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whoa Whoa Whoa! Put us 45 year olds with the 30-somethings.

GenX is conservative. Such a disappointment!

As a GenXer, I am also disappointed in my generation. You would think that having had to suffer the effects of Reaganism these last 30+ years that we would know better.

At least personally though, all of my former R friends now vote D.

Amen!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I always wonder why they throw Asians into an all other category and not a separate breakout

Because Asians only makeup like 5% of the population, and even smaller voting block.

-Asian American, Gen Xer, voted mostly blue

Also, that age span is weird. 45 to 64 is a wide age span. It spans both Gen x and Boomers, the youngest of whom are 58.

Genx and boomers are the same old people

Hey now, them’s fightin’ words

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I always wonder why they throw Asians into an all other category and not a separate breakout

Because Asians only makeup like 5% of the population, and even smaller voting block.

-Asian American, Gen Xer, voted mostly blue

Also, that age span is weird. 45 to 64 is a wide age span. It spans both Gen x and Boomers, the youngest of whom are 58.

Genx and boomers are the same old people

And Soon enough it will be the millennials and Gen Z when they get old.

Everyone knows that young voters skew further left. Until someone points to data which shows significantly higher % of young people voting, this is business as usual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They care about RvW getting overturned and the environment.

And LGBTQ rights.

My gen z voting kids are more passionate about RvW and LGBTQ rights than all other issues.

Do they live on their own? Do you still support them? I don’t think people fully mature in their appreciation of money and government until they are 100% on their own. Many young millennials and Gen Z are still on some form of parental dole.

It is interesting because in many cases, there is a rise (in some cases, sharp) in Democratic voting from the 18-24 demographic to 25-29 demographic. For example, in WI, for 18-24 year olds, 64% voted Dem and 36% voted Republican, but for 25-29 year olds, 76% voted Dem and 24% voted Republican. In Florida, it was 57-41 Democrat for 18-24 yos, but 58-39 Democrat for 25-29 yos. In Michigan, it went 64-35 Democrat for the 18-24 yos, 67-30 Dem for the 25-29 yos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I always wonder why they throw Asians into an all other category and not a separate breakout

Because Asians only makeup like 5% of the population, and even smaller voting block.

-Asian American, Gen Xer, voted mostly blue

Also, that age span is weird. 45 to 64 is a wide age span. It spans both Gen x and Boomers, the youngest of whom are 58.

Genx and boomers are the same old people

And Soon enough it will be the millennials and Gen Z when they get old.

Everyone knows that young voters skew further left. Until someone points to data which shows significantly higher % of young people voting, this is business as usual.

I don't know what the final numbers ended up being, but in WI the youth vote for early/absentee voting was up 360% compared to 2018

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I always wonder why they throw Asians into an all other category and not a separate breakout

Because Asians only makeup like 5% of the population, and even smaller voting block.

-Asian American, Gen Xer, voted mostly blue

Also, that age span is weird. 45 to 64 is a wide age span. It spans both Gen x and Boomers, the youngest of whom are 58.

Genx and boomers are the same old people

And Soon enough it will be the millennials and Gen Z when they get old.

Everyone knows that young voters skew further left. Until someone points to data which shows significantly higher % of young people voting, this is business as usual.

Right now the best predictor is level of education and Gen Z skews educated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GenX is a small one to begin with.

I’m actually in the cusp group - xennial or Oregon trail. Never fully identified as an Xer

So, yeah-there is also that

I'm in the cusp group too -- and I've never heard us referred to as the Oregon Trail generation, but I love it. I'm going to make this a thing, as the young folks say.

[Anonymous]

This generation was raised to have empathy and to prize education. They are rejecting both the GOP and organized religion in record numbers because neither has anything of value to offer them. Greed, selfishness, hate and fear, mass slaughtering, and wanton disregard for the environment for private profit just do not appeal.

There is hope for this nation yet. Boomers would do well not to piss this generation off. For too long we’ve prioritized the old at the expense of the young in this country. If Gen Z can stay consistently engaged, that may very well change.