Rarely have the tectonic plates of American politics collided as visibly and explosively as they did earlier this month in Tennessee. The procession of predominantly middle-aged or older White Republicans who rose almost two weeks ago in the Tennessee House of Representatives to castigate, and then expel, two young Black […] Read more »
Millennials, Gen X Clinging to Independent Party ID
Historically, Americans have had weak attachments to the two major U.S. political parties in young adulthood, but as they get older, they usually became more likely to identify as a Republican or a Democrat. That historical pattern, evident in the Silent and baby boom generations, appears to be changing. Generation […] Read more »
How Gen X Became the Trumpiest Generation
… Gen Xers, which can be roughly defined as those born between 1965 and 1980, came of age under President Ronald Reagan amid the end of the Cold War. The popular image of Generation X has never quite fit in within any easy political framing. It’s the generation that produced […] Read more »
Generation X and the Presidential Election
While many are asking whom crucial GenX voters will support in the November presidential election, the more important question may be whether they plan to vote at all. Shoshana Parker of GfK uses findings from the latest AP-GfK polling to explore GenX’s views and seemingly ambivalent feelings about politics. GfK Read more »
Generation X unconcerned about climate change
Amid a summer of record-setting heat, most of Generation X ‘s young adults are uninformed and unconcerned about climate change, says a survey today. About 5% of GenXers, born between 1961 and 1981 and now 32 to 52 years old, are “alarmed” and 18% “concerned” about climate change, reports the […] Read more »