General Discussion

with mostly conservative voters (+80 per cent net: 87 Trump, 7 percent Clinton) verus how Hillary did with mostly liberal voters (only +65% net: 78% of them voted Clinton, and 13% voted for Trump). He also ended up +1 (43 to 42%) with the 46.5 million indies who voted. so a net half a million or so advantage over Clinton in net indy votes.

Age:

He was a +6 net with 50 to 64yos i.e. the younger Boomers (plus a small amount of
Gen X voters born in 1965 up through November 9, 1966 (a person born Nov 9, 1966 is legally 50yo on November 8, 2016), and a +9 net with 65yos and up, i.e. with the older Boomers, plus the Silent Gen, and the smallish number of GI Gens who still voted in 2016.

That was huge as those 2 cohorts accounted for 56% of all voters. Trump coming around a net plus 7.5% total (when those 2 cohorts are combined) for that 56% of the voters was massive.

18 to 29yos (so the younger Millennials and a handful of Gen Zers who could vote, combined they made up 13% of the vote) went for Clinton by +30, 58 to 28%

30 to 49 yos (so the oldest Millennials plus almost all of Gen X, a combined 30% of the voters) went for Clinton by +11, 51-40%.


https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/08/09/an-examination-of-the-2016-electorate-based-on-validated-voters/

Finally, some trivia:

2036 is likely the last election you will have any GI Gens (born 1901 to 1927) vote, as the youngest in 2036 will be 108 or 109 years old. There was a voter in 2020, Delia Garces, born August 9, 1913 in Pembroke Pines, FL, who was 107 when she voted and if she is still alive (not sure if she is) she would be 111 if she votes in 2024. The odds are so low there will be more than a handful of GI Gen Americans even alive in 2040 at the date of the election (the youngest would be 112 or more likely 113), as in US history there have only been a total of less than 800 (782 verified) people to live to 110 or more years, with only FOUR US persons living who are 113 years, 280 days old or older, as of today.