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Sky Jewels

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10. The dwindling of the Silent Generation has been very good for Dem prospects.

Sun Oct 1, 2023, 01:15 PM

Oct 2023

They skew/ed quite conservative, much more so than the Greatest Generation did (yes, plenty of exceptions, blah blah). They love/d 'em some Ronnie Raygun (yes, in general). Now they make up well under 10 percent of voters. Progressive-skewing Gen Z is replacing them in the voting booth and in vote-by-mail, and that's a wonderful thing to see. Disclaimer: this post is not a slam against the many wonderful liberals and Democrats who were/are Silent Gen members.

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There Are More of Us Than There Are of Them [View all] babylonsister Oct 2023 OP

Great post! samplegirl Oct 2023 #1

The key is voting liberal N proud Oct 2023 #2

Everyone should read the entire article Fiendish Thingy Oct 2023 #3

"Before COVID, this shift wasn't projected to happen until 2050." Beartracks Oct 2023 #9

And they way overreached with their SCOTUS implants reversing Roe v. Wade erronis Oct 2023 #13

Not only do they think they know everything slightlv Oct 2023 #17

Nicely stated. And I truly believe in "pay it forward" erronis Oct 2023 #18

Wow, indeed. crickets Oct 2023 #16

As time goes each age category transitions to the next LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #19

Normally that is true, however, with Millennials... Fiendish Thingy Oct 2023 #23

K&R 2naSalit Oct 2023 #4

Doesn't matter... brooklynite Oct 2023 #5

There are more of us every day MyMission Oct 2023 #8

That was true in 2016, but. . . Sneederbunk Oct 2023 #6

We can out vote TFG supporters LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #7

The dwindling of the Silent Generation has been very good for Dem prospects. Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #10

GOTV! We are still paying for past election apathy. End the Repuke nightmare. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #11

Many of them died to own the libs IronLionZion Oct 2023 #12

We need to get rid of the Electoral College KS Toronado Oct 2023 #14

Very much this. redqueen Oct 2023 #20

Thanks for the link KS Toronado Oct 2023 #21

It won't happen for a long time, if ever ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #22

K&R mountain grammy Oct 2023 #15