The Gray Revolt: Older Voters Are Abandoning Trump

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3. Itt's an important article but there is an arithmetic error:

People over 65 are about 21% of the adult population (16.5% of the entire population) of around 328 million. The "about 17 percent" was based on the entire population, including 22% under age 18, though the text said "adults." If you remove the 73 million children under 18 number from the entire population number, because they can't vote, then seniors are about 21%, not "about 17%" of adults. They are still over-represented as registered voters if they are truly 25% of them (21 vs. 25), but it is not as stark of a difference as the author suggests.

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/AGE295219

Regardless, if the polls are correct, there has been a HUGE swing in seniors' views since 2016. I don't think it is only COVID, though that's important. I think more of them are wising up to the real threat Republicans pose to their incomes - Social Security, wild market swings, jobs - and Medicare and supplemental insurance.