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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by nebula8804 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @07:59PM (#34620574)
But that makes no sense. Didn't Reagan win due to an outpouring of support from the Boomers who at the time were those young people?
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by linksnapzz on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:44PM (#34630256)
Hahahahah. No. He won b/c he annoyed those people, to the delight of their parents.
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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by nebula8804 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:24AM (#34662736)
Looking at the demographic breakdown it certainly seems like he got most of the boomers(and their parents). The boomers were in their 20-30s at the time.

[1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_coalition

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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by linksnapzz on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:23PM (#34672023)
He was governor of California at the time; twelve odd years later I suppose many of his critics had grown up…
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