millenials
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generation x
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baby boomers
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silent
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born
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1981 to 1993
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1965 to 1980
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1946 to 1982
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1928 to 1945
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turned 18 &
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1999 to 2011
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1983 tp 1998
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1964 to 1982
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1946 to 1963
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presidents then
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clinton, bush
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reagan, george h.w. bush, clinton
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johnson, nixon, ford, carter, reagan
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truman, eisenhower, kennedy
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age now
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18 to 30
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31 to 46
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47 to 65
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66 to 83
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non-hispanic white
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59%
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62%
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73%
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79%
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of registered voters
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17%
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26%
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37%
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17%
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with at least 1 immigrant parent
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12%
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married between 18 & 30
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23%
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32%
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44%
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59%
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favour gay marriage
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59%
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50%
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42%
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33%
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completely agree with interracial
dating
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75%
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73%
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57%
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37%
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unaffiliated with any particular
religion
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26%
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21%
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15%
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10%
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usa =’s greatest country in the
world
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32%
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48%
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50%
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64%
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millennials consistently liberal views on many social,
governmental and foreign policy issues and so support more activist government.
the racial factor mutes rather than explains away the ideological and partisan
gaps between them and older voters. well
acquainted with changing racial and attitude face of usa and overwhelmingly
think these changes are good for the country despite experiencing high rates of
unemployment. voted for obama two to one
in 2008 but now less politically engaged.
baby boomers
on most social issues opinions
generally fall between the silents and the younger age cohorts and many express
reservations about the changing face of america. In their 20s and 30s they were more
supportive of big government but starting in the 1980s were increasingly drawn
to the republicans and so favour smaller government. express almost as much frustration with government
as the silents. particularly concerned
about their own financial future with uncertainty
about retirement security leading to many planning to delay retirement. oppose cutting entitlement benefits in order
to reduce the budget deficit and are also part of a multi-generational majority
that supports reducing social security and medicare benefits for seniors with
higher incomes. However, unlike silents
they oppose raising the eligibility age for social security. and Medicare.older boomers (1st
voted 1968 to 1972 in the nixon elections) are somewhat more democratic than
younger boomers (who came of age under ford, carter and reagan. nearly half say life in U.S. has gotten worse
since the 1960s.
silent conservative views on government and
society for most of their lives and so back
smaller government . once one of the most democratic generations
but now the most republican. more
uncomfortable than younger people with many social changes, including racial
diversity, intermarriage and homosexuality.
more likely to rate social security
as top voting issue and favor republicans on most issues, but evenly divided on
which party can better handle social security. angry or frustrated with government but this is not economically based. the most politically energized generation. more likely than younger generations to take
the view that the usa is the greatest nation in the world yet fewer older than
young people think “america’s best days are ahead of us.”
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