Age and Party Identification in 2006
Currently, 51% of voters in this age group affiliate with the Democratic Party or lean Democratic compared with 39% who describe themselves as Republicans or lean toward the GOP. Thus voters in Gen X and the latter part of the Baby Boom — the most Republican age cohort four years ago — now are about as Democratic as are older age groups, the early Baby Boomers and the so-called Silent Generation.
Age and Party Identification in 2006  | 70%  | 60%  | 50%  | 40%  | 30%  | Early  | Generationx &t  | "Silent"  | Generation I  | Boomers Generation  | Late Boomers  | 20%  | 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 50 54 58 62 66 70 74  | Repflean Rep  | Demflean Dem  | Based on registered voters; figures are from surveys conducted Oct  | 2007 March 2008 