The largest voting demographic, that is people who actually vote, is the seniors. As the boomers age, this demographic continues to swell. It is simple math. Boomers will own the vote for the next decade or so.
A rough look at the numbers: about 80 million born from 1945 to 1965. Add 65 years to 1945 and you get the year 2010. So, on average, 4 million boomers will reach the retirement age and the golden voting demographic of 65 years old. The deluge has begun. Results? the Me-me-me folks are going to get what they ask for; Gen X, Y & Z can go pound sand.
No—Obama’s death panels will thin the aged herd quite efficiently, thank you.
It seems that the word "Boomers" is being redefined. I always considered those being born about 9 months after the troops came home as boomers. The war in Europe ended in April 1945( Not sure of that date) and the war in Japan ended in August of that year, not everybody was out of the service immediately after the war ended, it took a lot of tiime for the processing out of many of them, so I'd say the boomer age probably started in late 1946 or early 1947.
Never thought of myself as a boomer. I was born in June, 1945. I retired when I was 54, so I guess I don't have a dog in this fight.
It seems wrong to me to define a whole generation (or two) by the acts of some hippies in the 60s, not that you did that but I've seen it. I'm a vet and served with many boomers and many of them didn't come home. About 57,000 of them I believe.
By the way, Mitt served his time in Paris during the heat of the Viet Nam war and is quoted as saying that the time his sons spent working on his perpetual campaign was the same as military service.