Democratic group aimed at supporting young candidates for office releases first slate of endorsements

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Democratic group aimed at supporting young candidates for office releases first slate of endorsements
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A Democratic group aimed at recruiting and supporting younger candidates for political office announced its first slate of endorsements. Leaders We Deserve — a group founded by March For Our Lives …

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I mean… lol. Gen X makes up ~33% of the US House and ~20% of the overall population.

Meanwhile, Millennials make up 8% of the House and 25% of the population.

Yeah. But I'd bet most of them were still born in the 1960s...

Technically Gen X, but effectively boomers.

The edges of generations are fuzzy.

It’s evenly distributed.

  • 50 born 1965-1969
  • 49 born 1970-1974
  • 50 born 1975-1979

Point is, Gen X is PLENTY represented in Congress.