Most of the Boomers I know didn’t have a moment of clarity until Carter. I was unaware of them voting overwhelmingly for Nixon in ‘72.
Here are some numbers for you.
Nixon won 52% of the 18 to 29 year old vote in 1972.
In 1968 the Democrats won 47% of the (21) to 29 year old vote, in 1972, they won 46% of the 18 to 29 age group, in 1976, after Watergate, and with the weak, moderate (and under suspicion) Ford, against what appeared to be a social conservative Democrat with a strong military back ground, the Democrats picked up 51% of the 18 to 29 year old vote.
In 1980 Democrats got 44% of that age group, 1984-40%, 1988-47%.
It wasn’t until 1992 that the age group became a solid Democrat voter group, George W. did get 46% and 45% though.
The 66% that Obama won, is unprecedented and doesn’t bode well for the future.
The boomer age group did go for Nixon in 72 by 6 points over McGovern. And looking at the chart it also appears that with the exception of 1976, the boomer generation has gone for the Republican in every presidential election since.
There are a lot of myths that younger generations have about the boomer generation. Those myths were created by the Hollywood maggots with their fake history about the 60s.
The vast majority of us boomers were hard working family types, not the drug addled hippies Hollywood would have you believe.
Only a small minority of "Boomers" will have been eligible to vote in 1972. It was my first election; I was 24. Only people born before 1951 will have been eligible to vote for Nixon in 1972, and only Boomers born in 1946 and 1947 will have been old enough to vote for him in 1968.
Most of Nixon's voters were, like Lennon, "War Babies" and "Depression Babies", a.k.a. "the Silent Generation".