NightGauntsOct 19, 2023

Democratic group aimed at supporting young candidates for office releases first slate of endorsements

A Democratic group aimed at recruiting and supporting younger candidates for political office announced its first slate of endorsements. Leaders We Deserve — a group founded by March For Our Lives …

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4264011-democratic-group-support-young-candidates-first-endorsements/

Democratic group aimed at supporting young candidates for office releases first slate of endorsements

A Democratic group aimed at recruiting and supporting younger candidates for political office announced its first slate of endorsements. Leaders We Deserve — a group founded by March For Our Lives co-founder David Hogg and Kevin Lata, Rep. Maxwell Frost’s (D-Fla.) campaign manager — announced Thursday that the group would be supporting three candidates running…

The Hill
Show threadAbidanYreOct 19, 2023
Man, Gen-X really can just go screw themselves, huh. We’re going to go straight from boomers to millennials running everything.
Show threadrunawaycorvidOct 19, 2023

I mean… lol. Gen X makes up ~33% of the US House and ~20% of the overall population.

Meanwhile, Millennials make up 8% of the House and 25% of the population.

Show threadgivesomefucksOct 19, 2023

Yeah. But I’d bet most of them were still born in the 1960s…

Technically Gen X, but effectively boomers.

The edges of generations are fuzzy.

Show threadrunawaycorvid

It’s evenly distributed.

  • 50 born 1965-1969
  • 49 born 1970-1974
  • 50 born 1975-1979

Point is, Gen X is PLENTY represented in Congress.

Oct 19, 2023 at 3:41pmWeb