Younger Voters Outvoted Older Generations In 2018

[kpete]

Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X outvoted older generations in 2018 midterms

“Midterm voter turnout reached a modern high in 2018, and Generation Z, Millennials and Generation X accounted for a narrow majority of those voters,” according to a Pew Research Center analysis.

“The three younger generations – those ages 18 to 53 in 2018 – reported casting 62.2 million votes, compared with 60.1 million cast by Baby Boomers and older generations. It’s not the first time the younger generations outvoted their elders: The same pattern occurred in the 2016 presidential election.”

https://politicalwire.com/2019/05/29/younger-voters-outvoted-older-generations-in-2018/
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/29/gen-z-millennials-and-gen-x-outvoted-older-generations-in-2018-midterms/

[marble falls]

1. Because new youth voters kept Tricky Dicky out of office in '68? They voted for him at ...

about the same rate as their parents. I have a feeling youth still vote for Trump at about the same rate as their parents.

[Mariana]

2. Your feeling is wrong.

In 2016, the majority of voters under 45 voted for Clinton. The majority of voters over 45 voted for Trump.

18-29 Clinton 55 Trump 36
30-44 Clinton 51 Trump 41
45-64 Clinton 44 Trump 52
65 & over Clinton 45 Trump 52

https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/how-groups-voted-2016

Clinton received almost 3 million more votes than Trump did:
Donald J. Trump Republican 62,980,160
Hillary R. Clinton Democratic 65,845,063