Does it feel like most Americans are ignoring the insane rise of fascism?

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104. The percentage within a group

is not always, and in this case especially, an accurate means by which to lay claim to what put someone "over the top" in an election. Biden would have lost without his votes from any of the age groups no matter how you define them. Your original claim was about people 18-20's for Nixon which you later clarified as referring to 1972. I gave you a link to some data. I would also like to point out that any and all discussion of votes cast by age group are not based on actual figures but rather polling data before and after the election. You ballot is anonymous and the only record of someone voting that can be used to eventually get to an age is the voter registration info/poll book. The Boomers are defined as those born between 1946 and 1964. You later made reference to how those under 30 voted. You've been making this Boomer versus Gen Z comparison and so we'll go with that. Therefore the Boomer cutoff for voting in 1972 was age 26 down to age 18. Lumping in another 4 years of voters that by definition don't belong in that group means an apples and oranges situation that doesn't need any further examination.

Also as I have pointed out the Boomers who voted in 1972 were not all of one mind, experience and political leaning as the data confirms and as I can confirm to you having lived through that time. Let me just give you an example. It was very common at the time for young people 18-20 years old to be very much at odds with their older siblings who were in their mid to late 20's. I was there. As were many others here. Gen Z is not monolithic either as I've pointed out. The OP, myself and others are not dealing in generalities about a generation but rather pointing out the dangers of so many people not understanding how fascism grows and destroys. It does so even while some people are fighting on an issue specific basis and may even feel they are making progress. If the fascistic control proceeds then any "progress" that has been made that is contrary to what the fascistic control wants will be an illusory gain because it will be quashed using the institutions they control. Not recognizing that is the danger we speak of and the fact that they come after groups of people they identify as "other" etc.