Is it what they lived through or kids, or the fact that they’re approaching retirement, or something else?
One clarification: Xers are currently between the ages of 42 and 57, and the New York Times poll uses two age cohorts: 30 to 44 and 45-64. So it’s not exactly a perfect representation of Gen X .But nonetheless, this poll in particular spurred people to ask, what is up with Gen X’s politics? The answer to that is complicated, and also has plenty to do with what, exactly, a generation even is.
that argued that generations are not nearly as much of a “thing,” as most people think, and his framing is instructive as we look into what the deal is with Gen X:What is a generation? Those who promote the concept define it as a group of people who are roughly the same age and who were influenced by a set of significant events.
But it’s not just about what they’ve lived through—it’s also about what they’re approaching. Retirement is an area of concern for Gen X, with the demographic expected to retire in the early and mid-2030’s.
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