Donald Trump's approval rating plunges with baby boomers
Donald Trump's approval rating plunges with baby boomers
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Donald Trump's approval rating plunges with baby boomers
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We’re “Boomers” the main problem in this election? Were they the Trumpers…?
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Voters 50-plus put their weight behind Republican Trump over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. These voters favored Trump over Harris, 52 to 47 percent, according to AP VoteCast.
They were also a majority of the electorate, though that number differs slightly depending on the source. AP VoteCast, which starts surveying voters a week before Election Day in order to capture early voters, reports that voters 50-plus constituted 52 percent of the electorate. Traditional exit polls, which survey people as they leave the polls on election day, put that number at 55 percent.
Middle-aged voters were especially influential in tilting the election to Trump. A commanding 56 percent of voters ages 50-64 cast ballots for Trump, with 43 percent voting for Harris, exit polls show. The candidates were tied at 49 percent among voters 65 and older. The two age groups together comprise well over half of the national electorate, meaning they provided the critical difference for the returning president-elect.
Trump improved his performance among voters among those 50 to 64 by 4 percentage points from his previous presidential run in 2020, exit polling shows.
“The older voters showed up,” says Republican pollster Bob Ward, a partner with Fabrizio Ward who teamed up with a Democratic counterpart to conduct AARP’s bipartisan preelection surveys this year. “It was big, and we didn’t see any surge of younger voters coming out in full force…. It’s the reason why Trump is now the president-elect.”
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Yeah I think people miss how much of trumpers are Gen X as well as Boomers and Gen X are the much more active support.
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White male boomers leaned right, but most categories were 50/50 split: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls
With the exception of the Christians.
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Christians coming out in force to vote for the devil will always be the funniest thing in the world to me
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Their holy book that they've definitely all read surely didn't warn them of this possibility right?
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Last time I checked they actually voted for Harris. It was Gen Z and Gen X that voted for Trump
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18-29 was 51/47 Harris. 30-44 was 50/47 Harris. 45-64 was 46/52 Trump. 65+ was 47/51 Trump.
So Gen X did vote Trump, but so did Boomers. Gen Y and Gen Z voted Harris.
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Not sure where you're checking, but it seems like you're misinformed
Young people were more likely to vote for Harris compared with all other age groups, according to CIRCLE.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/11/08/2024-election-young-voters-data/76115224007/
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Thanks for providing correct numbers, is been a long time since I looked.
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Gen X
Hey, someone mentioned us!
that voted for Trump
I guess it's true that people generally grow conservative as they get older, but come on guys, we were better than this. Plus both Gen-X and Boomers knew about Trump and his shit long before he became political. Did all the ones voting for him as some better choice get dementia or something? I never forgot how the first times he tries running for office even as a Democrat it was more of a joke than anything else. Still is, but Jesus, people bought it hook, line, sinker, pole, boat...
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some other instances is how some became more conservative, is in the west coast i was in a college class where someone became more conservative when they moved here. i suspect alot of transplants are conservative flee to more "blue areas" because alt-right was too crazy for them, and of course job and education opportunities are lacking, so they bring thier conservatism here too. its purely selfishness.
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Go look up how lead poisoned our generation is. No one should rely on Gen X for shit. We failed the country this past election for sure.
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Gen Z still voted Harris. I think the news was just that the youngest generation typically breaks for Democrats far more than they did this time and a higher percentage voted Republican than they normally do.
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LOL so already low approval ratings plunge further
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yea it was, i believe it was mostly due to X and joe rogans, j peterson incel types too. i think what change for boomers is they realize republicans were not helping boomers out in thier older years, threatening thier SS, medicaid,,etc, and general attitude towards older people. i remember a article like 1-2 years ago, in an article a life long republican in trump area said they voted for biden because the Republicans were not nice to 55+people.
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