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[–] BussyCat@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Both your links gave me 404 errors

They were almost all able to vote in 1980 at 16- 34, and made up a large portion of the population then in 84 they were all able to vote and saw what actions he took the previous election and voted for him more…

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Don't know why the links don't work 🤷

If you look at the actual numbers you realize that it's the people that were older that voted in majority for Reagan and the % of registered electors and voters was higher for older populations.