Voters over 70 are backing Harris over Trump, 51 to 48 percent, Emerson College poll finds

A new poll shows some baby boomers and members of the Silent Generation are switching allegiances from former PresidentĀ Donald Trump to Vice PresidentĀ Kamala Harris.

The Emerson College poll released ThursdayĀ  shows voters over 70 backing Harris over Trump 51 to 48 percent. Thatā€™s a small but positive shift for Harris, as last month, 50 percent of the group supported Trump while 48 percent backed PresidentĀ Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris last month.

The group includes some babyĀ boomers, who were born between 1946 and 1964, and the Silent Generation, born between 1925 and 1945.

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    ā€œThe first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the party that wins this election." ~Nikki Hailey

    Looks like she might have been right.

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      If sheā€™d been nominated instead of Trump the GOP would win on a walk.

      2 Democrats havenā€™t been elected into office twice in a row since before the Civil War (a VEEPS were elevated to the office through deaths) - this should have been easy for the GOP, but instead they nominated the most-divisive politician in American history.

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        Ehhh lots of the GOP is openly racist and wouldnā€™t vote for someone of Indian descent.

        2 Dems havenā€™t won in a row after an 8 year term, combined with a race with no incumbent/former president, I think thatā€™d be an open race.