Gen X biggest Trump supporters in US

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It was an unlikely path to a political career, and in keeping with her roots, she often sounds less like a savvy political insider and more like an average voter who is still figuring out which party is right for her. Her thoughts on her own political journey also shows how Gen X voters square their conservative views with the independent streak one also finds in the alternative culture they gave a name to.

Although she was attracted to politics by Trump and voted for him twice, she has not embraced the personality cult around him and struck discordant notes about the 45th president at times. She certainly didn’t like his temperament, but she made clear that she was still a fan of his policies, pointing to achievements like “supporting our veterans” and “getting innocent people out of prison.” She also praised him as “the first candidate who was anti-establishment enough that I took a second look at him.” “I thought he may be someone that was actually different from the Clintons and Bushes,” she said.

In her recollection, her interest in Trump was prompted by his positions on trade. However, looking back six years later she confessed, “I’m going to forget all the facts.” She tried to recall: “I did my research back then into what was happening with Paris Trade Accord [a reference to the climate agreement that the Obama administration had entered into] and things … I didn’t like it, and Trump was against it. I said, ‘Ok, great.’”

This is roughly consistent with Bonier’s analysis of Gen X voters, which has found that they are very concerned about the economy, somewhat concerned about retirement (although nowhere near as much as Baby Boomers) and not terribly concerned about issues like the environment or guns. These general trends were echoed by John Della Volpe, the director of polling at Harvard University’s Kennedy School who found that on economic issues, Generation Xers leaned far more to the right than any other generation.

be policy driven, who would have thunk it?

trump wasn't exactly known for his policy achievements.. his policy was basically to take a wrecking ball to as many of Obama's achievements as possible vs. actually accomplishing anything new for himself.

Oh look, a stupid comment that doesn't actually address anything that was said, what a surprise.

Prefer I point out how stupid the interviewees policy praise is?

trump said words like “support our troops/vets,” while implementing bans against trans troops & veterans.

The former guy hates the natural environment enough to want to pull the USA out of a global accord to reduce pollution. Wow, such impressive policy making. No wonder gen x-ers like trump more than any other generation.. they’re so enlightened about how profitable it is to trash the planet and trump really tapped into that!

You’re allowed to make a counterpoint instead of just post insults, you know.

You'd need to make a point first.

Also, technically I'm insulting your opinions, which are some of the most clownish ones I've ever seen on this board, which is saying something. Poorly informed, rigidly ideologically constrained, dishonest in that half of the time they rely on a version of what was said that is so distorted that it's hard not to conclude you're doing it on purpose, I consider them trash that lowers the quality of the board and makes actual conversation more difficult. I don't even know why I bother, the joke is likely on me for wasting any time on them at all.

You're right; you can't expect me to be an echo chamber for your opinions on most topics.