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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 31 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-370.html

https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/how-groups-voted-1980

Boomers weren't the ones who elected Reagan, they were at most 35 at the time.

That's the president that started to fuck things up and it was just the same as usual, older people being more conservative, younger people not showing up to vote.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

I will not stand for this Nixon erasure

[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 16 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Both your links gave me 404 errors

They were almost all able to vote in 1980 at 16- 34, and made up a large portion of the population then in 84 they were all able to vote and saw what actions he took the previous election and voted for him more…

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 16 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Copypaste for you:

How Groups Voted in 1980

1980

  1980 Group Carter Reagan Anderson
TOTAL All Voters Pct. 41% 51% 8%
SEX Men 51 38 55 7
Women 49 46 47 7
RACE White 88 36 56 8
African-American 10 83 14 3
Hispanic 2 56 37 7
AGE 18-21 6 45 44 11
22-29 17 44 44 11
30-44 31 38 55 7
45-59 23 39 55 6
60 & over 18 41 55 4
INCOME <$10,000 13 52 42 6
$10 -14,999 14 48 43 8
$15-24,999 30 39 54 7
$25-50,000 24 33 59 8
>$50,000 5 26 66 8
UNION HOUSEHOLD Yes 26 48 45 7
No 62 36 56 8
REGION East 32 44 48 8
Midwest 20 42 52 6
South 27 45 52 3
West 11 36 54 10
PARTY Democrat 43 67 27 6
Republican 28 11 85 4
Independent 23 31 56 13
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Liberal 17 60 28 1  
Moderate 46 43 49 8
Conservative 28 23 73 4

Notes: Survey by CBS News and the New York Times. Sample of 15,201 voters as they left voting booths on Election Day, November 4, 1980.  “Don’t know” and “other” responses not included.

[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago

And then in 1984 they voted for Reagan even more

https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/how-groups-voted-1984

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Don't know why the links don't work 🤷

If you look at the actual numbers you realize that it's the people that were older that voted in majority for Reagan and the % of registered electors and voters was higher for older populations.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 19 hours ago

Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1980

Within Data April 1982

Report Number: P20-370