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What does this even mean? The proportion of gen z trump voters was way lower than millennial trump voters in 2024
Regardless these arbitrary generational divisions are worse than meaningless
Generations do have voting habits though, someone from gen Z is not voting for the same reason as the boomers. When people from the younger generation make choices that will hurt their future it should be realized and understood so hopefully later elections (heh for the current system) they can understand why some people aren't in their best interest and things adjusted.
Mean for voters that want the current situation then they're assholes cause they voted for someone with the worst outcome of the planet and society in mind.
What you mean to say is simply that environment influences behavior. "Generations" are just arbitrary buckets that reinforce stereotypes and create division. A young gen x person likely has a lot more in common with an old millennial than an old gen x person.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/07/generation-labels-mean-nothing-retire-them/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/18/its-time-to-stop-talking-about-generations
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/22/how-pew-research-center-will-report-on-generations-moving-forward/
Yeah it ticks me off when people get pedantic about generations. It's like y'all know they're just a marketing thing, right? So marketing firms can act like they know whatever generation they're talking about. It's not some official thing.