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[magical thyme]

34. you're the one in the bubble, and you are broad brushing "us" from your bubble.

Before I lived here, I lived in a suburban, high density, high-tech area. Still surrounded by non-Reaganites.

Again, you are broad-brushing a very large group of people (multiple generations) based on *your* experience.

Looking by age group in 1984 -- all age groups voted more for Reagan than Mondale. My age group at the time voted the 2nd lowest for Reagan.

http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elections/how_groups_voted/voted_84.html

From the linked table:

18-24 / 39% Mondale / 61% Reagan
25-29 / 43% Mondale / 57% Reagan
30-49 / 42% Mondale / 58 % Reagan
50-64 / 39 % Mondale / 61 % Reagan
65 + / 36% Mondale / 64 % Reagan

Furthermore, the 2 groups that had the highest percentage for Mondale (which represent most of the 50%) combined to be less than 50% of the voting population.

The 3 groups with the highest percentage for Reagan (which include those who today would be mostly under 50 and all over 80 or dead) combined to be over 50% of the population.

IOW, numerically we were less representative of the total vote than the groups that voted in higher percentages for Reagan.