POLITICAL ORIENTATION AMONG GENERATIONS AND SHIFTS IN THE U.S. POLITICAL PENDULUM (Atena Editora)

Abstract

This paper will analyse how core political values change from one generation to another, considering the ways groups of people experiences economic, social and political events according to their age and how that impacts on their future political preferences. As a new generation of young voters arises in the United States it is necessary to draw their voting tendencies in order to understand future possible shifts in the U.S political pendulum as younger people outvote older generations at the ballots. We will establish probable cause as to why young voters tend to be more progressive and what their turnout tendency is and how it can shape the next presidential elections. Furthermore, this paper will establish correlations between generations and their inclination to vote for one political party, how much they swing from Republican to Democratic and establish general tendencies for the future considering U.S demographics.