Gen X - America's right-wing bastion?

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If, as seems possible, Mr Joe Biden wins the United States presidency by peeling away older white voters from the Republican coalition, liberals won't just win the White House; they'll gain a new generational villain to bemoan.

Instead of sneers of "OK Boomer", there will be a realisation that the last bastion of conservatism in a leftwards-shifting country may soon lie with my own Generation X.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 21, 2020, with the headline Gen X - America's right-wing bastion?. Subscribe