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  • RuBisCO@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    It doesn’t take in to account at all those who abstained.

    Abstained? You mean helped Reagan win? How’d that strategy work out?

    And it doesn’t list by generation just by 10-year increments.

    False. Behold, arithmetic!

    1980 election
    Age (DOB) Range
    18-21 (1962-1959) =3
    22-29 (1958-1951) =7
    30-44 (1950-1936) =14
    45-59 (1935-1921) =14
    60+ (1920-past)

    1984 election
    Age (DOB) Range
    18-24 (1966-1960) =6
    25-29 (1959-1955) =4
    30-49 (1954-1935) =19
    50-64 (1934-1920) =14
    65+ (1919-past)

    What they lack is a neat cutoff at 1945.

    And generations don’t fall into neat 10-year increments.

    No one is doing that.

    Wikipedia:

    The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964 during the mid-20th-century baby boom that followed the end of World War II.

    More arithmetic! 1964-1946=18

    At that point in time boomers were anywhere from 20 to 35.

    1945-1960. Sure. Seems a breath away from a neat ten year increment, but sure.