Democrats Do Best Among Generation Y and Baby Boomers

La génération X est plus conservatrice. Les boomers et la génération Y sont plus à gauche. Les problèmes d'emplois, les difficultés à faire sa place au soleil, tous ça rend-il plus conservateur et plus imperméable à la misère des autres? On pourrait le penser. Et il me semble que c'est pareil chez nous. (JMR)

May 8, 2009

Democrats Do Best Among Generation Y and Baby Boomers

Republicans do better among Generation X

by Frank Newport

PRINCETON, NJ -- Although Democrats currently enjoy a party identification advantage over Republicans among Americans at every age between 18 to 85, the Democrats' greatest advantages come among those in their 20s and baby boomers in their late 40s and 50s. Republicans, on the other hand, come closest to parity with Democrats among Generation Xers in their late 30s and early 40s and among seniors in their late 60s.

These conclusions are based on an analysis of more than 123,000 interviews conducted by Gallup between Jan. 2