Probably true, though Generation X is the generation of people born between 1965 and 1980, and in 2024, they are between the ages of 44 and 59. So the age range in the chart includes younger Boomers in the “we suck” category
65 plus is boomers - I'm 53 born in 71 - Gen X starts around 1970. Gen X is a lot of things (and some of them are definitely red) but your dates are wrong. I would love to see over all true Gen X stat's. We DGAF about much, so be interesting to see true numbers since we raised Mil. and Gen Z
Yeah, Gen Xers are 44-58 years old right now. There’s no age range for voters that I found that encompassed just these ages. Not surprised though since everyone typically forgets we even exist.
yep, its the old people messing this up....they don't follow the news or facts real time like the young ones. Also, they hold onto the past and don't think so much about the future of Gen X and Z.
I'm a young Boomer. I'm not a huge fan of generational labels cuz I think they're so broad they're practically meaningless but I have to say, the generation whose posts and videos I least enjoy watching are those of Gen X.
Yes, it does. I'm in detach mode right now and trying to protect my mental health right now due to some seriously dark places my mind has gone. So, for me, detachment is best.
I totally understand! I think we're all in this spot, as some within our perimeter have shown their true colors.
Just take good care of YOU, with some top tier self-care! 🙌🏼 And keep looking for the glimmers! ✨️
I hate all of this dividing people up by some arbitrary dates and making them hate each other. Are we not divided enough? We had the same sort of blame game between the regions in the UK with Brexit. The fact remains that just under half of that group voted Dem which is not an insubstantial number.
I was born in '69 so I'm a little on the older side of GenX. I know plenty who voted for tfg but I grew up in a red state. That said, my closest women friends from when I was a kid are all leftists. I dropped the maga votin' fools back in 2016 & good riddance.
Yeah my 59 yo sister voted for Stein. 🤮 I’m 53. She’s sick of the left too. Wants change…she keeps saying this every 4 years but her picks keep losing so how are we ever going to get change that way? I remember how excited she was to vote for Ferrara in her first pres. election.
Yeah, I fall into that category - born Sept 65 - and you’re right - I have no fucks to give.
I live my life the way I want, and I couldn’t give a flying shit what anyone else thinks about that.
I’m 56. I’m not as you describe. We are critical thinkers. Not the same thing. The cynical ones are 10-20 years younger than us. And they can’t tell evidence from propaganda.
Indeed. And one of the things that I have learned about the #Republicans is that they seem to idolize tv/movie stars. They seem to have a disdain for intellect, intelligence and achievements and place popularity and flashiness above all that.
Sometimes we forget that many of our GenX friends and family died of AIDS during the Reagan years (and shortly after.) We lost a huge portion of our generation. The ones that would have voted for civil rights.
I'm GenX, but on the youngest possible end (some list put me as Millenial). I'm 45, but will turn 46 in a couple of weeks. I see that my generation was the issue. I'd apologize for them, but nah. They'll soon suffer and I'll still be glad I voted for Harris.
We've also got an existing center and left wing, and aren't scared of minor welfare activities being harangued as communism. Harris, to us over here, is a fairly conservative pick. Trump is an absurd and radical one.
Would you guys please take over for us? I think we've amply demonstrated we aren't competent to take care of ourselves. I feel like we only voted after going on a week-long bender while joining a cult.
Yes. My parents immigrated here from Sweden in 1959 (although my father was French). Long Story.
Anyway, he was a lifelong republican, and as dementia set in in 2015, he refused to vote for trump. If he were alive today, he would have voted Harris.
Hmm i never heard of such thing.
But people are a bit crazy in Stockholm so I would not be surprised if such thing happened. I live in the middle part of Sweden and we never throw people in rivers here.
No probably about it. Between his trickle down economic plan, which made the rich richer.... and Boomers squander any inheritance we may have gotten.....Gen X gets to work until we die.
I wonder what Reagan would think of today’s Republican Party and its fealty to Trump and MAGA. Certainly I can’t imagine he would approve of Trump and Republican leaders cozying up to Russia.
I fucking haaaaaaate all the post-election generalizations. There are lots and lots of shitty people of every gender, every race, every generation. Posts like this teach us nothing but divide us more. Please stop.
It's really not her fault. I'm Gen X & I was 50 before I learnt the Civil War wasn't about states rights & 51 to learn the difference between discovering & colonization. We're the last generation that the Daughters of the Confederacy were successful in teaching us lies.
I shouldn't have had to move to South Carolina in my late 40s to learn about Emmett Till. I vividly remember seeing pictures in grade school of 'segregation' & the water bubblers were right next to each other labeled 'whites' & 'colored'. I never knew about lynching..decades we've been lying to kids
It's crazy right?!? Imagine my shock when I realized that I'd been lied to since birth at the age of 50. I've been learning & rewiring my brain ever since. I was educated in MA which repeatedly ranks #1 in education, I'm not alone. I blame the Daughters of the Confederacy & religious zealots
I think you can win GenX on the strength of “I remember rotary phones, our first VCR, and when parents felt your kids were safe walking to school no matter what neighborhood you lived in. Blockbuster is never coming back, but we deserve safe neighborhoods and schools again.”
I will keep working, marching, making calls, knocking doors, and the two GenZers I raised will continue to do the same, (while calling me a boomer because they know it pisses me off. 🤣)
This GenX voted blue top to bottom as did most all my close friends. Those that didn’t have been removed from Christmas card lists and social media. #TrueStory
As the smallest generation, this tells me we needed far better turnout in the other generations. Don’t blame Xers for voting, blame those that didn’t vote.
I liked Reagan when I was a kid and then as a teenager, I started to realize he wasn’t that great. And I was very impressed with Bill Clinton. And that’s probably where my slide to Democrat from Republican began.
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That set me on my lifelong journey as a Democrat.
Just take good care of YOU, with some top tier self-care! 🙌🏼 And keep looking for the glimmers! ✨️
My parents however-none of the above. I broke free.
That young boomer/old GenX group have no fucks to give and are the ones who don't trust the establishment the most.
It's... a very sparse feed, now. But CLEAN.
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Don’t leave me out, I still want to be Gen X!
Strauss & Howe go for a socio-cultural-historical view, hence they start it at 1961.
They're professors at Yale, FWIW
https://bsky.app/profile/genjones1964.bsky.social/post/3lb3vmc4b522m
So we get to claim both Obama and Kamala.
I live my life the way I want, and I couldn’t give a flying shit what anyone else thinks about that.
Nice Own Goal, Morons.
"With President Reagan and the Republicans taking over, the Mental Health Systems Act was discarded before the ink had dried and the CMHC funds were simply block granted to the states." (https://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/ronald_reagans_shameful_legacy_violence_the_homeless_mental_illness/)
If we in Sweden would be able to decide which president you should have Harris would won with almost 80% of the votes.
Anyway, he was a lifelong republican, and as dementia set in in 2015, he refused to vote for trump. If he were alive today, he would have voted Harris.
Swedish Mom was always a democrat.
I’m sorry. Can I come back to Sweden?
But people are a bit crazy in Stockholm so I would not be surprised if such thing happened. I live in the middle part of Sweden and we never throw people in rivers here.
1960s cohort skews more GOP than 1970s cohort, perhaps because 1960s age group includes some Boomers.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/04/09/age-generational-cohorts-and-party-identification/
I was hopeful with time, and gathering wisdom, my Gen would have left behind the effed up “priorities” and “values” of our collective past.
It tragically appears as though I was wrong on all counts.
Those who wanted this, are about to Find Out.
I’ll never understand the concept of being “proudly ignorant” and American exceptionalism is truly laughable.
If you enjoy reading, I’ve some suggestions. Learn daily!👊🏾
https://mbhaven24.medium.com/why-is-gen-z-so-fed-up-with-gen-x-c029d7e2ccbf