Thru a glass, darkly. Her preconceptions filter her conclusions.
Why do the pollsters ignore the Gen Xers? They are 40s-50s, now. Where do they stand? Are they lumped into the increase in *white nationalists* flocking to Trump?
There are over 400k members on r/T_D, most, from what I can tell, older than millennials and younger than Boomers. Like FR, they are not all Caucasian. Their younger siblings, so-called Gen Z, will vote in the next series of elections and the Internet censorship is driving them rightward.
What sort of pollster holds these fears and still works for the GOP(e). (rhetorical)
I think Brownstein and his ilk at the Atlantic are hoping for a Deus Ex Machina in the form of a third party composed of moderate GOP.
It’s going to be a nail-biting couple of elections coming.
Gen-Xers are the baby bust generation between the Baby Boom and the kids of the Baby Boomers.