Bonus Sample: How Did Gen X Go MAGA?
May 05, 2025•7 min
Episode description
Gen X went from leaning slightly right in 2016 to become, as one analysis puts it, “the bedrock of Trumpism.” Derek meditates on what happened to his generation by reading from four different thought pieces on the topic.
Show Notes
Wait, What Is Really Up With Gen X’s Politics?
Is Gen X a Bunch of Trumpers? Maybe That’s the Wrong Question.
How Gen X Became the Trumpiest Generation
How Gen X Went from Raging Against the Machine to Swallowing Misinformation While “Doing Their Own Research”
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