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mothermucca t1_iydwbi3 wrote

Reply to comment by Mysterious_Attempt22 in As a non-American, reading On The Road, felt like a snapshot of postwar youthful Boomer mentality. by [deleted]

You know that Reagan/Thatcher and that generation weren’t boomers, right?

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T_ja t1_iydxuzh wrote

No but who do you think was voting for them?

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27183 t1_iyf738q wrote

I would assume mostly pre-boomers, at least early on in that period. When Reagan was elected, the youngest boomers weren't old enough to vote. And most of the rest were in the age range that everyone complains has had low turnout in elections for several generations at least. Boomers certainly had a big impact on elections by the '90s, but I don't think they were dominant during the Reagan era in the US.

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