2014 Partisan Advantages by Year of Birth Among general public MORE DEMOCRATICY MORE REPUBLICAN/ DEMOCRATIC LEANING REPUBLICAN LEANING YEAR OF
The accompanying graph showing partisan leanings in 2014 for adults based on the year they were born is an example of this. The line shows the percentage identifying or leaning Democratic minus the percentage identifying or leaning Republican. The further left the line on the graph, the larger the Democratic advantage for that year; the further right, the larger the Republican advantage.
2014 Partisan Advantages by Year of Birth  | Among general public  | MORE DEMOCRATICY  | MORE REPUBLICAN/  | DEMOCRATIC LEANING  | REPUBLICAN LEANING  | YEAR OF  | BIRTH  | +30  | +20  | 10  | +10  | +20  | +30  | AGE  | 1996  | 18  | Individual year  | Millennial  | 3-year rolling  | average  | 1981  | 33  | Generation X  | 1965  | Baby Boomer  | 1946  | Silent Generation  | 2014 overall:  | +8.8D  | 1929  | 85  | 10  | 20  | +10  | +20  | +30  | 30  | Source: Merged Pew Research Center surveys conducted in 2014.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 