Baby Boomers.
Busted all stereotypes by creating their own.
A bane of their parents.
Retiring in droves, they now Facebook old friends, trade in Beemers for Buicks, scream at ‘crooked politicians’, …
and vote.
And yet, Boomers are still going to run America for at least the next four years. The current candidates each could have filed for Social Security some time ago. (I wonder if they did?)
Who’s going to be President this fall?
A Boomer. (Even if the Libertarians pull off a miracle.)
According to Dan Zak, author of this Washington Post feature, Boomers also busted the Brexit referendum simply because they showed up to vote.
Important stats from Mr. Dak’s article:
“Voter turnout among Brits over 55 years old was 82 percent, according to the BBC. Among Brits under 34, it was 47 percent. If at least 65 percent of British millennials had turned out, the outcome would probably have been different.”
Another key quote from Mr. Dak’s piece regarding expectations for this fall:
“… only half of Americans under 30 say they are certain to vote this fall, according to a poll conducted this month by The [Washington} Post, while the level of certainty is nearly 80 percent for American voters over 65. The older someone is, up until age 75, the more likely he or she is to vote.”
Seems the Boomers are now the bane of the Millenials.
Patrick D. Murphy 