The Coming G.O.P. Apocalypse – The New York Times

For much of the 20th century, young and old people voted pretty similarly. The defining gaps in our recent politics have been the gender gap (women preferring Democrats) and the education gap. But now the generation gap is back, with a vengeance. This is most immediately evident in the way Democrats are sorting themselves in their early primary preferences. A Democratic voter’s race, sex or education level doesn’t predict which candidate he or she is leaning toward, but age does. In one early New Hampshire poll, Joe Biden won 39 percent of the vote of those over 55, but just 22 percent of t…