Baby boomers are fleeing Donald Trump and switching allegiance to Harris - Lemmy.World

Voters over 70 are backing Harris over Trump, 51 to 48 percent, Emerson College poll finds A new poll shows some baby boomers and members of the Silent Generation are [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-harris-live-updates-vance-walz-rally-polls-b2596649.html] switching allegiances from former President Donald Trump to Vice President Kamala Harris.  The Emerson College poll released Thursday  [https://emersoncollegepolling.com/august-2024-national-poll-harris-50-trump-46/] shows voters over 70 backing Harris over Trump 51 to 48 percent. That’s a small but positive shift for Harris, as last month, 50 percent of the group supported Trump while 48 percent backed President Joe Biden [https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/joe-biden], who dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris last month. The group includes some baby [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-harris-economy-campaign-b2597064.html] boomers, who were born between 1946 and 1964, and the Silent Generation, born between 1925 and 1945.