an_onanist@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoEvery generation believing they are the first generation to be fed up with the way things arelemmy.worldimagemessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up12file-text
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minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoBoomers have been voting for a century about 64 years, the thing that changed in the 80s and 90s were Gen X coming of age. https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/how-groups-voted-1984
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago Boomers have been voting for a century Unless there is a statistically-significant amount of 118+ year old people actively voting, this is not possible.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoNot just that, but had to be born after 1945 to be considered “Boomer”. Clearly time travelers
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s basically when the first genx kids “came of age”, most were still kids. Find another reason for the data, you’re causating the correlation.
minus-squarebus_factor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoCrazy thought, maybe some other people stopped voting?
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoAnd literal children made up the difference? 🤦♂️
That’s a boomer thing, but nice try.
Boomers have been voting for a
centuryabout 64 years, the thing that changed in the 80s and 90s were Gen X coming of age.https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/how-groups-voted-1984
Unless there is a statistically-significant amount of 118+ year old people actively voting, this is not possible.
Not just that, but had to be born after 1945 to be considered “Boomer”. Clearly time travelers
That’s basically when the first genx kids “came of age”, most were still kids. Find another reason for the data, you’re causating the correlation.
Crazy thought, maybe some other people stopped voting?
And literal children made up the difference? 🤦♂️
No, more boomers.