A. The Census Bureau ID boomers as those born 1946-1964.
B. In federal elections, the voting age was 21 until 1971.
C. LBJ was elected in 1964. The youngest voters then were born in 1943. McGovern ran in 1972. The youngest voters there were born in 1954. Most boomers were still kids, at home, living with parents. They couldn't vote. Most were 8-17 years old. The youngest boomers couldn't vote for Governor or President Reagan until 1984. Boomers born from November 62-64 could not vote in 1980.
“A. The Census Bureau ID boomers as those born 1946-1964.”
The government definition isn’t indicative of the actual boom, which began in 1939. But I’ll even give you a later date that others find acceptable, which is what I went by—1943. That’s the Strauss and Howe definition I mention upthread.
“B. In federal elections, the voting age was 21 until 1971.”
That doesn’t change the fact that the youngest Boomer by MY definition and that of many others was 21 in 1966, meaning that contrary to your assertion some Boomers certainly were able to vote for Reagan during his major national run for the White House in 1968.
“C. LBJ was elected in 1964. The youngest voters then were born in 1943.”
The youngest voters then were born in 1946. Check your state laws—there wasn’t a federal law on voting age then.
“McGovern ran in 1972. The youngest voters there were born in 1954. Most boomers were still kids, at home, living with parents. Most boomers were still kids, at home, living with parents. They couldn’t vote. Most were 8-17 years old.”
The height of the boom was in its first years. The 18-24 demographic participated at a rate similar to the rest of the voting population in 1972. But that’s all distraction anyway. As I pointed out, you certainly can’t back up an assertion that the majority of Boomers somehow were anti-McGovern. There aren’t any polls to show that.