> From the generation that brought you Ronald Reagan,
The age groups that Reagan won were the ones that are (predominantly composed of, because the categories don't perfectly match generation boubdaries) Silents and older. The Boomer age groups were tied (22-29 went 44 Carter, 44 Reagan, 11 Anderson) or for Carter (18-21 went 45 Carter, 44 Reagan, 11 Anderson.)
The generation(s) that brought you Reagan are, for the most part, dead.
The boomer playbook has always been voting themselves benefits to be paid for by their children and grandchildren. This seems to be universal: liberal, moderate, or conservative. See the national debt.
> The boomer playbook has always been voting themselves benefits to be paid for by their children and grandchildren
The Boomers were in their prime working years when the Silents under Reagan did the US’s biggest tax burden shift onto them, and cut their expected benefits along with it.
The age groups that Reagan won were the ones that are (predominantly composed of, because the categories don't perfectly match generation boubdaries) Silents and older. The Boomer age groups were tied (22-29 went 44 Carter, 44 Reagan, 11 Anderson) or for Carter (18-21 went 45 Carter, 44 Reagan, 11 Anderson.)
The generation(s) that brought you Reagan are, for the most part, dead.