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Wealth makes people more likely to be conservative, as does age.
The poor young man who recorded Fuck tha Police is a very different person to the multi-millionaire media star being interviewed on Fox.
Wealth yes, but the age thing might be a myth. It turns out that people solidify their political leanings during major movements. The older generation just happen to be affected by Reaganism and Nixons southern strategy.
The most conservative leaning generation are not boomers or silver generation, but apparently Gen X.
gowanSource on the claim that Gen X is the most conservative?
kescusayYeah, that sounds wrong to me, too. Gen X are the ones who grew up with the effects of Reaganomics and witnessed first-hand the wealth disparity it created.
This is from 2018, but I seriously doubt attitudes towards Trump and Republicans have shifted to the right that much in the last five years: pewresearch.org/…/the-generation-gap-in-american-…
pewresearch.org/…/how-pew-research-center-will-re…
Pew and a few others are really trying to get away from generational studies as it turns out only the Boomers really have anything unique that ties together the experiences of someone born across the generation. Im wondering how this new perspective would impact previous studies.
That’s really fascinating, and I deeply respect them for recognizing the problem.
Yeah this is really interesting and could really change how we engage with social science in the future.