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. Thatās 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.
I like the idea of not having to hear trumps mouth. Short term win. Whatās bugging me is these articles together though, headline after headline proclaiming victory at getting Republican votes. Are there headlines championing how many leftists have come back since Harrisā candidacy?
Maybe Iām missing them. But what i mean isā¦ It seems like with every article theyāre showing what they want, that this is what theyāre planning, that pulling in right wing voters is the goal. This raises concerns, again, of the Democratic partyās ratcheting-right.
Ya get what Iām saying? Iām uncomfortable with how happy the dnc is to dismiss the left of their big tent and embrace the right. If they continue this process, only this process, the platform they show their constituents will move right to reflect their voting body (hypothetically lol).
Like thatās the best case scenario of this trend. And where that leads is away from leftists. Im not going to ratchet right, my legs are churning leftward, and me n folks like me are clinging on with our fingertips to a party that appears to want to be the nuGOP. How can a party acting like that currently respond to us, its current members?
The only solution is for all of us to start voting for an actually leftist 3rd party, forcing Democrats to come to us if they want our votes. Thatās exactly how the Tea Party took over Republicans.
I think itās mainly just conventional thinking showing up: thereās an assumption that everyone that is going to vote will vote, therefore if team A is behind team B, the only way team A can win is if they take votes from team B.
I hear my colleagues speak like this all the time (and theyāre quite educated and intelligent). I donāt think itās the media trying to paint a picture where the left needs to be more right/center, I just think theyāre writing articles in terms that their audience understands (or at least understands well enough to be able to sum up in a headline to get that valuable click for advertising)
Obviously our election numbers are more complex than that. You can convince eligible voters that werent going to show up to actually show instead. Convincing the other side to stay home is another effective method. Passing legislation that prevents the other side from showing up is even more effective, which is why we see a lot of voter suppression things going on.