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Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly
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“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.)
Sad thing is you're spot on for at least a significant minority of the electorate.
Majority. Most seniors vote Republican
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.
I thought i was dead before it turns into my problem 🥲
You are widely generalizing. Boomers as a whole are not particularly more conservative than younger generations and lean liberal.
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...
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.
You going to appreciate the high quality source you received and change your point of view?
It took me longer to figure out how to properly format the link than it did to find the data.
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
Can you define in real terms the practical difference between 45% Dem vs 50% Dem ?
What is my view again?
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.
You sound like you just graduated from high school.
Boomers voted for reganomics so...
Oh well, case closed then. Every single boomer bad!