04827cam a2200553 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000300009502000270012502000290015202000260018104000290020704100080023604200080024404300120025205000240026408200100028810000290029824501050032726400500043230000390048233600260052133700280054733800270057550400510060250502750065352023830092865000610331165000610337265000520343365000530348565000530353865000520359165000630364365000400370665000400374665000520378665000210383865000340385965100440389377601340393790600450407194200120411699900190412895201260414722372623BJBSDDR20231031165401.0ta211224s2022    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a  2021053382  a9780231200875 (paperback)  a0231200870 (paperback)  a9780231200868 (hardback)  z9780231553810 (ebook)  aLBSOR/DLCbengerdacDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aHQ 1064bM966g 202200a305.21 aMunger, Kevin M. 93034010aGeneration gap :bwhy the baby boomers still dominate American politics and culture /cKevin Munger. 1aNew York :bColumbia University Press,c2022   a208 pages;billustrations ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe birth of the boom -- Boomer ballast in American politics -- Demographic trends in politics -- Dreaming of a boomer Christmas -- Where does identity come from? -- The emergence of cohort consciousness -- The issues : zero sum competition -- Technology and alienation.  a"By the 2030 census, the percentage of adults over 60 years old is projected to be 33 percent. Because older people are more likely to vote, it's likely more than 40 percent of voters over 60 years old. And consider the major party nominees for president since 1999. Only Barack Obama (1961) and John McCain (1936) were born outside of a six-year range from 1943 to 1948. 'Age identification,' according to political scientists, "is a potent force in the organization of citizens and the mobilization of political activity." In The Silver Vote , Kevin Munger examines the confluence of trends that made the Baby Boomer generation the most powerful and consequential in American history, and the emergence of age-based political and cultural cleavages. He argues that "cohort consciousness" glues Boomer voters together, and their unique aspects will have outsize influence on our elections, media, and economy for years to come. Age cohorts lie at the intersection of class, partisanship, race, rural identity, and gender. The "Boomer" cohort is whiter, straighter, richer, more rural, and more Republican than younger cohorts. The implications of this intersection for the future of descriptive representation in Congress are clear, and significant. The "Boomer" story is a white story. The age pyramid looks radically different when divided by race, and only whites were able to fully take advantage of the broad-based economic growth and wealth accumulation in the postwar period. Older people have also experienced specific changes (some might call losses) that have been theorized to be politically relevant. 'Status threat' among rural whites has been shown to be a significant predictor of support for Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Older voters are also less 'digitally literate,' and are thus worse at finding, vetting and sharing information. Today, the fastest growing population of Facebook users is adults over sixty-five years old. The evidence of a generational gap in vote choice is growing; beginning in 2008, Democrats have enjoyed a considerable advantage with young voters, and Republicans with older voters. Using new survey data, political experiments, and with historical cases, Munger explores how our electoral politics are at the mercy of the silver vote for the immediate future-and what, if anything, we can do about it"--cProvided by publisher. 0aBaby boom generationxPolitical activityzUnited States. 4aGeneración baby boomers xActividad política 932765 0aBaby boom generationzUnited StatesxInfluence. 4aGeneración baby boomers zEstados Unidos92716 0aOlder peoplexPolitical activityzUnited States. 4aPersonas mayores xActividad política 932766 0aConflict of generationsxPolitical aspectszUnited States. 4aConflicto entre generaciones 92721 0aPolitical sociologyzUnited States. 4aSociología políticazEstados Unidos 917051 0aCohort analysis. 4aAnálisis de cohorte 932767 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government.08iOnline version:aMunger, Kevin M.tGeneration gapdNew York : Columbia University Press, [2022]z9780231553810w(DLC)  2021053383  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2lcccBK  c119690d119690  00102lcc40708CSaBJBbBJBcCSd2023-06-13l0oHQ 1064 M966g 2022p00000171107r2023-06-13 00:00:00t1w2023-06-13yBK