A survey by NBC News offers an interesting look at how Generation X voters — those 42 to 57 — have grown more conservatives as they’ve aged and how their kids — Generation Z — are much more liberal.
That said, doesn’t it tend to be a trend that people grow more conservative as they grow older?
Maybe, maybe not. However, millennial voters — those aged 26 to 41 — might be proof of that statement. As a group, they’re a little more conservative than they were in 2012. But that’s just slightly.
As a test of who’s changing, or not, NBC News looked at polls from 2012 and 2022, and looked at thousands of interviews from the different age groups and came to some very interesting conclusions.
One example is the 2012 reelection of President Barack Obama. Generation X voters wanted Congress to be controlled by Democrats and wanted that by a 7 point, 48% to 41% margin.
A decade later they prefer Republicans running Congress by a dozen points at 52% to 40%.
In 2012, when Barack Obama won re-election, Gen X voters preferred Democrats in control of Congress over Republicans by 7 points, 48%-41%.
Yet 10 years later, when the GOP won control of the House but came up short winning the Senate, Gen X’s voters preferred Republican control by 12 points, 52%-40%.
Here’s a look at some of the comparison numbers between 2012 and 2022. You’ll find them fascinating as well as informative.
2012 — All registered voters
Total Conservative: 37%
Moderate: 36%
Total Liberal: 24%
Generation Z — ages 28-25
Total Conservative: N/A
Moderate: N/A
Total Liberal: N/A
Millennials — age 26 to 41
Total Conservative: 30%
Moderate: 37%
Total Liberal: 30%
Generation X — age 42-57
Total Conservative: 35%
Moderate: 38%
Total Liberal: 25%
Baby boomers — age 58 to 76
Total Conservative: 39%
Moderate: 36%
Total Liberal: 22%
Silent generation — age 77 to 94
Total Conservative: 44%
Moderate: 33%
Total Liberal: 20%
2022 — All registered voters
Total Conservative: 37%
Moderate: 33%
Total Liberal: 27%
Generation Z — ages 28-25
Total Conservative: 33%
Moderate: 26%
Total Liberal: 48%
Millennials — age 26 to 41
Total Conservative: 30%
Moderate: 32%
Total Liberal: 35%
Generation X — age 42-57
Total Conservative: 40%
Moderate: 37%
Total Liberal: 20%
Baby boomers — age 58 to 76
Total Conservative: 42%
Moderate: 33%
Total Liberal: 23%
Silent generation — age 77 to 94
Total Conservative: 47%
Moderate: 30%
Total Liberal: 19%
2012 vs. 2022 Congressional Control Preference by Generation
2012 — All registered voters
Republican control: 41%
Democrat control: 48%
Net difference: +7% Democratic Party Control
Generation Z — ages 28-25
Republican control: N/A
Democrat control: N/A
Net difference: N/A
Millennials — age 26 to 41
Republican control: 37%
Democrat control: 53%
Net difference: +16% Democratic Party Control
Generation X — age 42-57
Republican control: 41%
Democrat control: 48%
Net difference: +7% Democratic Party Control
Baby boomers — age 58 to 76
Republican control: 43%
Democrat control: 46%
Net difference: +3% Democratic Party Control
Silent generation — age 77 to 94
Republican control: 45%
Democrat control: 44%
Net difference: +1% Republican Party Control
2022 — All registered voters
Republican control: 46%
Democrat control: 47%
Net difference: +1% Democratic Party control
Generation Z — ages 28-25
Republican control: 31%
Democrat control: 62%
Net difference: +31 % Democratic Party Control
Millennials — age 26 to 41
Republican control: 42%
Democrat control: 48%
Net difference: +6% Democratic Party Control
Generation X — age 42-57
Republican control: 52%
Democrat control: 40%
Net difference: +12% Republican Party Control
Baby boomers — age 58 to 76
Republican control: 48%
Democrat control: 47%
Net difference: +1% Republican Party Control
Silent generation — age 77 to 94
Republican control: 52%
Democrat control: 41%
Net difference: +11% Republican Party Control
Source link: NBC News — https://nbcnews.to/3ktevPJ
