2022 midterm polls

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(11-13-2022, 03:41 PM)galaxy Wrote: Two things are worth noting -

This is the first election in which the entire Millennial generation (1982-2002) has been able to vote

and

This election was not a "red wave" because young people turned out and voted D in huge numbers.

(As is usual, most of society cuts the Millennial generation short for some reason and ends it around 1997, which is why "Gen Z" is currently trending on Twitter.)

Every generation seems to have an election in which it appears to suddenly become among the most powerful political forces in the country. I think this might be that election for Millennials.

Someone on Twitter who does election math and statistics has claimed that voters under 30 voted in such high numbers and so disproportionately Democratic that they completely canceled out voters over 65. The first non-Boomer-dominated election in decades.

Excellent. The Millennial generation has been slow in achieving high offices, but the aging pols are going to die or retire and make openings for younger Millennial pols. That will be truly transformative. Even those who choose to run and win as Republicans in safe districts or states will be independent enough of current machines to vote their consciences instead of obeying the grafters who offer the "Koch-aine" as rewards for political cravenness. The Millennial generation has much more influence through voting while such influence by the Silent and Boomers has been facing despite holding on to high offices. People are living longer, which retards opportunities for advancement in politics by younger people. 

The generational divide among high elected officials should be interesting once available. 

COVID-19 played a role. Since 2022 it has disproportionately hit Republicans hard, especially those fitting the MAGA profile. I saw a story that suggested that some pollsters made allowances for "shy Republicans" who were scared to admit that they supported MAGA pols. Some of them were indeed so shy that they avoided voting because they were... dead. Both parties sought to delete the potential "cadaver vote" and succeeded.