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Younger Voters Eclipsed Baby Boomers for First Time in 2016

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“The influence and clout of the Baby Boomers is waning, and Millennials are rising.”

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For the first time, voters in Generation X and Generation Y made up a larger number of ballots counted in the 2016 election than did older generations, according to a new report by a labor economist from the Pew Research Center.

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