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nxylas

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23. I was actually talking about millennials

Reply to newfie11 (Reply #19)

Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:59 AM

Jun 2015

I know that boomers vote. That was the reason for my question. It is irrelevant politically if one generation outnumbers another if they stay home on polling day because "they're all the same".

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Millennials Now Outnumber Baby Boomers [View all] bravenak Jun 2015 OP

Now who's the bulge in the snake, eh Boomers? Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #1

Maybe now people will notice we exist. bravenak Jun 2015 #2

Hope so. I'm actually an old Gen Xer, but I do have Millennial kids. Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #3

My mom is a young boomer and I'm an old millennial. bravenak Jun 2015 #4

It did. I started high school in 1980 and suddenly everything turned Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #5

I just remember Michael J Fox in family ties. bravenak Jun 2015 #7

There were so many Alex Keatons at my high school. Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #24

Boomers already did and said thank gawd the Xers and Yers would be bracketed Warpy Jun 2015 #6

Glad we finally got here! bravenak Jun 2015 #8

The political alignment doesn't line up neatly with the "generation" alignment. jeff47 Jun 2015 #28

I notice. brer cat Jun 2015 #22

thank you! bravenak Jun 2015 #39

I hope so. Ignoring GenX has been costly in so many ways. (nt) jeff47 Jun 2015 #29

They can't keep ignoring all of us forever. Genx plus millennials equal power, imo. bravenak Jun 2015 #30

That's why I have hope we will finally get some attention. jeff47 Jun 2015 #32

I hope so too. bravenak Jun 2015 #34

Not surprising davidpdx Jun 2015 #9

I agree, it was expected. bravenak Jun 2015 #10

get a clue the boomer generation is from 1946-1961 demigoddess Jun 2015 #13

Actually, Boomers are 1946-1964. Lars39 Jun 2015 #17

Why don't you try being polite or were you just not taught that davidpdx Jun 2015 #41

That's a kind of shitty thing to say. Juicy_Bellows Jun 2015 #14

It is in fact true, whether it be crude or not davidpdx Jun 2015 #42

But do they vote? nxylas Jun 2015 #11

I do. bravenak Jun 2015 #15

I'm a boomer born 1947 newfie11 Jun 2015 #19

Aaah. yes Vietnam... SoCalDem Jun 2015 #21

I fought in Vietnam and later went back three times as a tourist pinboy3niner Jun 2015 #27

I was actually talking about millennials nxylas Jun 2015 #23

It's annoying how the articles keep redefining the start date NutmegYankee Jun 2015 #12

Yeah, I noticed. bravenak Jun 2015 #16

When born around the cut-off date, Betty Karlson Jun 2015 #18

yeah, I was born in 1981 Terra Alta Jun 2015 #26

I can see this Quayblue Jun 2015 #40

Named generations are a marketing concept anyway jeff47 Jun 2015 #31

Yep! Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #20

Yay! bravenak Jun 2015 #25

No question that I'm an old boomer Blue_In_AK Jun 2015 #33

No good deed goes unpunished pinboy3niner Jun 2015 #35

I don't blame you. I blame rich people. bravenak Jun 2015 #36

96% for me, too. Blue_In_AK Jun 2015 #37

Awesome!!nt bravenak Jun 2015 #38