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zorg1000 said:

hellobion2 said:

I have a question how do you think people born post 2010- will vote more like?

Heavily Democrat. In general, young people are more progressive and with Republicans trying to rewind us back to the 1950s, I don’t see that changing.

More like 1850s in some cases, but yeah, the point still stands.

Millennials and especially Gen Z are heavily favoring the Democrats, so Republicans must increasingly resort to trickery to stay in power as their voter base, as in Boomers, are slowly becoming less and less prominent in votership.

Over half of the electorate was 50+ in 2020, and that age bracket is favoring the Republican party. The 30-49 age bracket (early Millennials/late Xers) looks fairly split at first glance, but when you compare to earlier elections, you can see that they are slowly transitioning from Republican to Democrat due to the influx of Millennials replacing the more conservative Xers. And then those age 30 and less are really no contest, with almost 2:1 lead for the Democratic party.

One can clearly see how their votership expanded and the age group of 30-49 shrank over the years due to the fertility going down sharply between the mid-70s and late 90s. This shift is what gives the Republican party a fighting chance in the presidential elections, as without this shift, they wouldn't have enough voters anymore to compete in most swing states and even some current Republican-leaning states.