Differences in party evolution with age may be more dependent upon life events and cohorts than they are on age.
Why and How Should We Understand the Aging of Political Party Affiliation?
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The Link Between Age and Extremism
Considering the rate at which older adults vote, it’s important to understand which voters are likely to be radicalized and how to prevent it.
Voters Live Here: Understanding the Voting Rights and Needs of Long-term Care Residents
Many long-term care residents need help voting and federal law protects their right to assistance.
Voting, Aging and the ‘Gerontocracy’
Can the Baby Boomers and Generation Z ever come together?
Fighting the Good Fight to Protect Voter Rights
Fair Fight Action works to protect our democracy on multiple fronts.
League of Women Voters on the Ground Getting Voters Ready
A Texas tradition and a new Alabama website are just two volunteer-led programs churning out informed voters.
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Generations Today A bimonthly digital publication covering current trends and people impacting the field of aging through OpEds, feature articles, profiles, and first-person pieces.
Inside This IssueVoting in 2023
Generations Today, vol. 44, no. 2 (Mar-Apr 2023)
Why and How Should We Understand the Aging of Political Party Affiliation?
A common belief about the relationship between party affiliation and age is simple: the older you get, the more Republican you become. This relationship has been observed in many national surveys and election exit polls, making the public circulate it as a confirmed...
The Link Between Age and Extremism
In the two years since a mob of rioters stormed the United States Capitol building in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, nearly 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes that range from misdemeanor trespassing to assault to...
Voters Live Here: Understanding the Voting Rights and Needs of Long-term Care Residents
Older adults represent the nation's most dependable voters, voting at the highest rate of any age group. But what about the roughly 2 million older adults who live in long-term care facilities? How do they exercise their right to vote? And what is needed to ensure...
Voting, Aging and the ‘Gerontocracy’
According to a Tufts University report on the 2022 midterm elections, “27% of young people (ages 18-29) turned out to vote in the 2022 midterm election and helped decide critical races” in Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania, to name a few. This study also revealed that...
Fighting the Good Fight to Protect Voter Rights
Fair Fight Action was founded in 2018 to promote free and fair elections, encourage voter participation, and educate voters about elections and the state of democracy. Fair Fight Action has deep roots in Georgia but maintains a national presence built upon connecting...
League of Women Voters on the Ground Getting Voters Ready
There is no “right” age to give back to your community. But for members of the League of Women Voters (LWV)—50 state League (and the District of Columbia), and more than 750-plus local leagues— there are key ways that leadership, which includes many volunteers older...