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Sympthsical

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33. Incredibly well said n/t

Reply to frazzled (Reply #29)

Tue Aug 4, 2020, 11:16 AM

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Sorry, boomers: millennials and younger are new US majority [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 OP

But boomers will make up more of those who VOTE. SoonerPride Aug 2020 #1

The "and younger" bit makes it a bit misleading Sympthsical Aug 2020 #13

Maybe some day they'll start voting like they are... brooklynite Aug 2020 #2

That is the real question still_one Aug 2020 #16

Let's hope that they're better stewards of planet earth than my generation was. dware Aug 2020 #3

Yes. That's my feeling Walleye Aug 2020 #18

But do they vote? qwlauren35 Aug 2020 #4

Fine with me. Unfortunately, tho, they don't vote anything Hortensis Aug 2020 #5

Sorry boomers CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #6

It's a passive aggressive way to be dismissive and insulting. NurseJackie Aug 2020 #15

Noted CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #24

Cherishing the lingering resentment Walleye Aug 2020 #21

Yeah, what's the need for the attitude? treestar Aug 2020 #28

My parents are both deceased CountAllVotes Aug 2020 #34

+1 treestar Aug 2020 #36

Do they make up a majority of voters? No, they do not. MineralMan Aug 2020 #7

Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X outvoted older generations in 2018 midterms Celerity Aug 2020 #25

that is simple demographics and life tables SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #26

Yea... I am ready. As a 70+ old man I am ready for them to take over even if they do LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #8

Gen Xers laugh and shake our heads SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #9

Yep. Never had the numbers, and now we're getting old. BusyBeingBest Aug 2020 #22

Yeah, this whole OP skips over GenXers as if they don't exist. brush Aug 2020 #31

I don't mind at all! ananda Aug 2020 #10

Everybody is young and then they get old. So? betsuni Aug 2020 #11

Barely, and in another year or two, those older Millennials will be over 40 themselves frazzled Aug 2020 #12

I'm an older Millennial Sympthsical Aug 2020 #17

Maybe it's because frazzled Aug 2020 #29

Incredibly well said n/t Sympthsical Aug 2020 #33

👆 👆 👆 Well said! nt crickets Aug 2020 #40

and the majority of them under 30 are still living in their parents basement, lol Baclava Aug 2020 #14

Okay, so I'm a Boomer. hamsterjill Aug 2020 #19

I was just getting ready MuseRider Aug 2020 #23

Thank you so much! hamsterjill Aug 2020 #38

If I ever see them pick up the torch and run with it, I'll gladly step back. Siwsan Aug 2020 #20

White boomers and up, white men, and the less educated are the vanguard for Rump and Celerity Aug 2020 #30

I prefer to call them the willfully ignorant, rather than the less educated Siwsan Aug 2020 #32

Wow. Time marches on. Wht a revolutionary concept! Tom Rinaldo Aug 2020 #27

Good news. Now they have to vote. phylny Aug 2020 #35

Have Fun... don't run with scissors. Baked Potato Aug 2020 #37

Meh, and one day they will be replaced ornotna Aug 2020 #39