Boomer and prior generations have cast the vast majority of votes prior in generations recent elections % of presidential votes cast
Baby Boomers and prior generations have cast the vast majority of votes in every presidential election since 1980, data from the Census Bureau’s November Current Population Survey voting supplement show. In 2012, Boomers and previous generations accounted for 56% of those who said they voted. And these generations dominated earlier elections to an even greater degree.
Boomer and prior generations have cast the vast  | majority of votes prior in generations recent elections  | % of presidential votes cast  | 100  | 75  | 56%  | Boomer and prior generations  | 50  | 25  | 44%  | Millennial and Gen X  | 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012  | Notes: Based on persons who reported voting.  | Source: Pew Resea rch Center tabulations of the 1980 2012 Current Population Survey  | Novem ber Supp lement  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 