04-15-2019, 12:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-15-2019, 01:35 PM by Snowflake1996.)
You seem to have a very rosy view of the baby boomer generation. They’re objectively more conservative than Gen X according to pretty much every single Pew research questionnaire. The only issue Gen X is to “the right” of them on is regarding the optimism of whether or not social security will be there when they retire (although I’m not sure this even counts as a politically conservative; it’s moreso just cynicism). I don’t think race and ethnicity explains this 100% either since even when Pew adjusted for race, white millenials and white Xers were still more left wing than white boomers.
The baby boomers were the most supportive of the Vietnam war:
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Also looking at how groups voted in 1976-1988 according to Roper: boomers were barely to the left of their GI/Silent parents in the 1970’s. By 1980 the divide vanishes with every boomer cohort except those aged 18-21. By 1984 the divide is gone among all groups even among the teenagers. Did it really only take Reagan’s initial election for boomers to completely embrace Reaganomics?
EVen in 1992 Bill Clinton’s best group were those aged 65+. He did worse with middle aged boomers despite himself being a baby boomer. He did better with GI’s despite running against a GI WWII veteran.
Boomers were never the hippie left wing caricature the media portrayed them as. They are and have always been a mixed bag in youth and quite conservative leaning after age 35.
The baby boomers were the most supportive of the Vietnam war:
Also looking at how groups voted in 1976-1988 according to Roper: boomers were barely to the left of their GI/Silent parents in the 1970’s. By 1980 the divide vanishes with every boomer cohort except those aged 18-21. By 1984 the divide is gone among all groups even among the teenagers. Did it really only take Reagan’s initial election for boomers to completely embrace Reaganomics?
EVen in 1992 Bill Clinton’s best group were those aged 65+. He did worse with middle aged boomers despite himself being a baby boomer. He did better with GI’s despite running against a GI WWII veteran.
Boomers were never the hippie left wing caricature the media portrayed them as. They are and have always been a mixed bag in youth and quite conservative leaning after age 35.
