Did people born in ~1958-1961 moving into the suburbs turn NJ blue?
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darklordoftech
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« on: December 05, 2018, 03:32:26 AM »

One of my parents was born in 1958 and the other was born in 1961. They're lifelong Democrats. They moved from NYC to a suburb in NJ in 1991. Did others like my parents help to turn New Jersey into a blue state from 1992 to this day?
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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2018, 08:00:03 AM »

That’s a very specific demographic.
Anyways maybe? This demographic group is probably not big enough to swing a election ( except a very close one like Florida in 2000 where can demographic group like black republicans for example matter.
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« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2018, 10:31:21 AM »

That’s a very specific demographic.
I meant "that generation".
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« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2018, 01:53:37 PM »

Democrats of all ages moving to the suburbs was just one of many factors that turned Northern suburbia (which we can classify most of New Jersey as) blue during the 90s and 2000s. 
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« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2018, 05:37:56 PM »

I was born in 1958 in the city of Chicago. My parents relocated to the 'burbs when I was very young. Data from the 2018 election here in the 'burbs is showing that the Boomers (including 1958-61) largely stuck with their party loyalties, but college-educated Gen X and old Millennials showed a more pronounced shift.
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« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2018, 07:18:27 PM »

That’s oddly specific, and while it could be a factor it was certainly not the only one.

Other factors include
-Growing minority populations.
-The GOP’s embrace of the religious right, which alienated suburbanites.
-Conservative seniors dying or leaving the state, and liberal youth coming of age.
-The GOP’s embrace of Trump, which alienated even more suburbanites.
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« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2018, 09:59:20 AM »

In my experience, people moving from the city to NJ brought their ethnic politics more than generational change. Jews moving from Brooklyn and the Bronx mostly brought Democratic politics; Italians moving from Brooklyn brought Republican politics.
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