Baby boomers comprised a larger share of voters in 2024, accounting for 32%, but they are trending lower after hitting a peak of 36% in 2016.
Ocasio-Cortez, a millennial herself, expects the younger generation will soon tip the scales in American politics.
“Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We’re grown adults with mortgages and kids,” she said. “And we—that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate. And we’re taking the reins.”
From global warming to debt crisis to lack of affordable health insurance (all intentional), Boomers have definitely overstayed their welcome.
At this point, capitalism and the Epstein class are becoming so blatantly exploitative and corrupt, that less people are shifting rightward as they get older. With the wealth gap getting worse, human rights slowly moving in reverse and our safety nets getting stripped away, the fiction of an “American Dream” becomes increasingly fantastical for most.
The fascist project 2025 is in full swing with the goal of a new version of the Gilded Age, AKA “paleo-conservatism.”
While the 65+ got somewhat less Trumpy over time it looks like some other age groups have tilted more right from this (particularly the Gen X sort of range that will be replacing the boomers)