Baby boomers comprised a larger share of voters in 2024, accounting for 32%, but they are trending lower after hitting a peak of 36% in 2016.
Ocasio-Cortez, a millennial herself, expects the younger generation will soon tip the scales in American politics.
“Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We’re grown adults with mortgages and kids,” she said. “And we—that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, sidelined, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us on everything from the economy to climate. And we’re taking the reins.”
From global warming to debt crisis to lack of affordable health insurance (all intentional), Boomers have definitely overstayed their welcome.
The Student Loan Crisis is quickly becoming an increasongly unsustainable drag on the economy, and will eventually become a true National Security Threat. When everyone is enslaved to their student loans for decades, there will be many opportunities for nefarious types to leverage those desperate loan holders, in an infinite number of ways.
Student Loan Reform is becoming an issue nearly as important as Health Care.