Voters over 70 are backing Harris over Trump, 51 to 48 percent, Emerson College poll finds

A new poll shows some baby boomers and members of the Silent Generation are switching allegiances from former PresidentĀ Donald Trump to Vice PresidentĀ Kamala Harris.

The Emerson College poll released ThursdayĀ  shows voters over 70 backing Harris over Trump 51 to 48 percent. Thatā€™s a small but positive shift for Harris, as last month, 50 percent of the group supported Trump while 48 percent backed PresidentĀ Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris last month.

The group includes some babyĀ boomers, who were born between 1946 and 1964, and the Silent Generation, born between 1925 and 1945.

  • CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world
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    shit is not better because Democrats got voted in and we should demand more out of our leaders

    You call a Republican majority in the House ā€œDemocrats voted inā€? Do you call a 50-50 split Senate with Manchin to be ā€œDemocrats voted inā€? How about we give them enough people in Congress to accomplish big things before throwing up our hands in exasperation that they didnā€™t accomplish enough. They need enough of a majority in the House and Senate that one or two rogue Democrats trying to make a name for themselves canā€™t derail anything and everything they want.

    • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
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      Democrats have had majority before and never upped the minimum wage sufficiently, citizens never got universal healthcare, workers never got better rights, never codified Roe v. Wade, and all the other things Democrats say they are about to the public

      • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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        Okay, what happened the last time the Democratic Party had a filibuster-proof majority? Did they sit on their hands and do nothing, or did they pass the largest healthcare overhaul ever with 4 months of control?

        Which party blocked the votes on all those other policies you love to point to? Oh, itā€™s that party you seem to have no interest in removing? How weird.