Baby boomers are fleeing Donald Trump and switching allegiance to Harris
Baby boomers are fleeing Donald Trump and switching allegiance to Harris
Voters over 70 are backing Harris over Trump, 51 to 48 percent, Emerson College poll finds
Voters over 70 are backing Harris over Trump, 51 to 48 percent, Emerson College poll finds
A new poll shows some baby boomers and members of the Silent Generation are switching allegiances from former President Donald Trump to Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Emerson College poll released Thursday shows voters over 70 backing Harris over Trump 51 to 48 percent. That’s a small but positive shift for Harris, as last month, 50 percent of the group supported Trump while 48 percent backed President Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris last month.
The group includes some baby boomers, who were born between 1946 and 1964, and the Silent Generation, born between 1925 and 1945.
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How about that. Harris moves to the left on domestic economic issues, and boomers switch to her. Even as prominent Republicans call her a commie.
Conventional "wisdom" within the centrist wing of the party is that we have to move to the right because boomers will flee in panic if we dare move to the left. Turns out, centrists have been full of shit this entire time. We've wasted so many years moving to the right for a lie. What else are centrists full of shit about?
Harris moves to the left on domestic economic issues, and boomers switch to her.
You might be making a classical correlation is not causation mistake here. There are a lot of separate reasons to prefer Harris over Trump.
Where were you for the past few decades when centrists were gleefully announcing that all wins are because they moved to the right, and any losses are because they were too far to the left?
Here in Europe, where we are not burdened by two-party systems :-|
Except the UK (and Belarus I guess). Imo OPs statement rings true for British politics as well
In Europe, literal fascists are elected to parliament.
Let's not jerk ourselves into a frenzy here.
Ugh, but I was so close...
That one 100% is. They post regularly around here claiming that their protests are the reason Biden step down. Not the hulking disaster that was his debate performance. For 6 months protestors screamed at the president and not the congress that was responsible. With no result. Well detached from reality.
It's depressing that so many with that mentality exist. Or at least are so loud. The myopic focus on the president who doesn't authorize Aid or fund Aid to foreign governments. Has led to real losses for those of us that want to see Israel held accountable for their genocide. A number of National Congress people who are profile signed have lost their positions. Effectively being replaced by much more pro-israel people. And all this time of After ignoring Senate and House races. Not Fielding and supporting better candidates to take part of the body that actually could fix this. There's still threatening to hurt the few who remain by threatening to take away the party's control of another branch of government. They still haven't realized that holding yourself hostage leaves you with no Leverage realistically.
Oh good. My stalker is here.
While everyone knows who you are sweetheart you aren't that important. :-)
If everyone knows who I am, you don't need to follow me around badmouthing me just because I'm not all-in on the genocide that gives your life meaning.
What else are centrists full of shit about?
They're full of shit about being "centrist". Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Every word.
What aren't they full of shit about?
Literally everything.