Politico Paints Gen X as ‘Trumpiest Generation’—on Flimsiest Evidence

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And yet…Coming of age…in 2016The irony in the story is that while Westrich, born in 1966, qualifies as Gen X (see chart below), she doesn’t really fit the profile of a Gen Xer. But if that part of the article is dubious, its characterization of Gen X as the “Trumpiest generation” is even more questionable. Yet, as of 2017, Pew reported that white people constituted just 61% of Gen X and 72% of Boomers. On the issues where Gen Xers prefer Republicans to Democrats, they are not the strongest GOP supporters. Gen X favored Democrats in 2018 by 10 points, and in 2014 by nine points.