Baby boomers comprised a larger share of voters in 2024, accounting for 32%, but they are trending lower after hitting a peak of 36% in 2016.
Ocasio-Cortez, a millennial herself, expects the younger generation will soon tip the scales in American politics.
“Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We’re grown adults with mortgages and kids,” she said. “And we—that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate. And we’re taking the reins.”
From global warming to debt crisis to lack of affordable health insurance (all intentional), Boomers have definitely overstayed their welcome.
Young people have always had an abysmal voter turnout. Y’all need to vote, and not just the big ticket presidential elections. The state legislature elections are every bit as important, if not more important.
True, but it’s also worth noting that Pew shows the blue lean among voters born after 1990 is way less pronounced than it was 10 years ago. In 2016 they swung 37 points blue, in 2020 26 points, and in 2024 only 13 points.
Young people need to get engaged, but they also need to break out of these icky propaganda bubbles they’re caught in. Hopefully life in Trump’s America has woken some of them up, but at the same time the left really needs to build something worth switching sides for.