• garretble@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “I always voted for the worst people on the ballot, and somehow my life isn’t great now.”

    (I know this is widely generalizing, but still.)

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          5 months ago

          Did they vote republican when they were younger, though? As I understand it, more of their generation vote republican now than when they were younger.

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        5 months ago

        These are 2017 numbers, self-reported. Boomers aren’t liberal, they are afraid of being disowned by their children for voting for Trump.

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          5 months ago

          These are 2017 numbers, self-reported. Boomers aren’t liberal, they are afraid of being disowned by their children for voting for Trump.

          I take it that providing other sources or data to support my assertion would be pointless? You’ve just decided “boomer bad” and that’s it…

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              5 months ago

              Here you go. You have newer data than April?

              Nope, I’m gonna thank you for providing more recent data which shows something interesting - Boomers as a generation grew more Dem leaning until relatively recently. So obviously I need to correct my assertion that boomers lean liberal, which clearly is no longer the case.

              But… and I’m sure you knew I’d have a but… One of the things people here do is issue the blanket “boomer bad” declaration as if ALL Boomers are conservative. Clearly, your data shows about a 45% Dem to 50% Republican split. To me this is an incredibly important point.

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              5 months ago

              It took me longer to figure out how to properly format the link than it did to find the data.

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                5 months ago

                Lol seriously. Also your conclusion was obvious, but I guess that is because I’ve also been paying a modicum of attention over the last few years

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                  5 months ago

                  Also your conclusion was obvious

                  Can you define in real terms the practical difference between 45% Dem vs 50% Dem ?

            • enbyecho@lemmy.world
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              5 months ago

              You going to appreciate the high quality source you received and change your point of view?

              What is my view again?

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            5 months ago

            Boomers are bad, dipshit.

            They’re still running things in Congress and all.over the country.

            If you need a list at this point youre fucking dumb.

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              5 months ago

              Boomers are bad, dipshit.

              You sound like you just graduated from high school.

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          5 months ago

          Boomers voted for reganomics so…

          Oh well, case closed then. Every single boomer bad!