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Does aging make you more conservative?

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Oct 27, 2023
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No. 290 | October 27, 2023

🗳️ Elections

Dante Chinni and Stephanie Stamm: Grand Old Party: How Aging Makes You More Conservative (The Wall Street Journal 🔒)

“One of the most durable forces shaping the U.S. electorate is that voters tend to lean more Republican as they age.

But it also matters where they begin on the political spectrum, and there are indications that millennials and the oldest members of Generation Z started out more liberal than prior generations. That has made them a crucial base of support for Democrats, even as some other groups of voters have moved away from the party.”

@KSoltisAnderson: THIS SHOULD TERRIFY REPUBLICANS, vol. 43736 

MILLENNIALS ARE OLD NOW

AND YET (X)

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