Baby Boomers and American gerontocracy
We explore the generation gap in American politics and why our democracy is in many ways a gerontocracy.
Democracy Works · Kevin Munger, Jenna Spinelle, Chris Beem, Candis Watts Smith
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Show Notes
The Baby Boomers are the most powerful generation in American history — and they're not going away anytime soon. Their influence in politics, media, business, and other areas of life is likely to continue for at least the next decade. What does that mean for younger generations?
Generational conflict, with Millennials and Generation Z pitted against the aging Boomer cohort, has become a media staple. Older and younger voters are increasingly at odds: Republicans as a whole skew gray-haired, and within the Democratic Party, the left-leaning youth vote propels primary challengers. The generation gap is widening into a political fault line. Kevin Munger leverages data and survey evidence to argue that generational conflict will define the politics of the next decade.
Munger is an assistant professor of political science and social data analytics at Penn State and the author of the new book Generation Gap: Why Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture.
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Generation Gap: Why Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture
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