A Democratic group aimed at recruiting and supporting younger candidates for political office announced its first slate of endorsements. Leaders We Deserve — a group founded by March For Our Lives …

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    Hey, I’m happy to be wrong. The latest numbers I saw a few months ago said differently, but it was talking about conservatism vs progressivism. I suppose you can be a social conservative and still vote for a Democrat.

    And while I acknowledge that Dems aren’t currently the progressives we need, they’re still far better than the alternative. If those numbers are representative, Gen X seems to at least partly recognize the imminent danger Republicans represent.

    • @givesomefucks
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      21 year ago

      Yeah, like I said it’s weird and nonuniform how it’s broken up.

      That has 1965 as start date for Gen X. I wouldn’t think of someone almost 60 years old as a gen Xer. And during the 90s they were in their 30s.

      I feel like that’s skewing the political affiliation of Gen X.