Trump has lost his senior advantage. And that could cost him in November.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — Jay Copan was part of the coalition that made Donald Trump president in 2016. Now he's had enough and plans to send Trump into retirement.

Copan, 68, who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, considers himself fiscally and socially conservative. A white man who is a registered independent in a swing state, he has voted Republican in each of the last nine presidential elections. He supports Trump's tax cuts, energy policy and judges. He's precisely the type of voter Republicans should be able to win — and can't afford to lose.

But Copan says he'll vote for Joe Biden this fall.

"At the end of the day, I want this to be a better country for my grandkids growing up. And having a president who's a pathological liar, a sociopath, a narcissist, a misogynist and a bully is not the way I want to leave this country," Copan said. "In spite of my views on the issues, I don't see any way I could support him to be president for another four years because of how he's behaved."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-lost-senior-advantage-could-104438826.html

[onetexan]

1. The 38 million-strong AARP members will be voting for Biden, that's for sure

especially after the GOP threatened to cut social security & medicare. Don't mess with seniors.

[Wounded Bear]

2. One vote at a time...nt

[Cha]

3. lol I was wondering what his "..senior advantage.. " was.. oh

those Seniors!

Yeah, at the end of the ******* Day.. ya wouldn't want to have trump in charge for your grandchildren! HELLO! For OUR Grandchildren!

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Comment section, nothing but tRump morons.

[keithbvadu2]

5. The same seniors that republicans say should die for the cause?

The same seniors that republicans say should die for the cause?

After all, they are old and going to die anyway.

[mercuryblues]

6. Not for nothing

Mr. Copan trump is the same pathological liar, a sociopath, a narcissist, a misogynist and bully, today that he was 4 years ago. You were warned and chose to vote for him anyway, because of HER emails. Look in the mirror dude.

[Awsi Dooger]

7. 13% in 2016 down to 9% in 2020

That is the applicable math and it is devastating for Trump. It equates to a net loss of 1 vote per 100 even if everything else had remained the same.

I am referring to the percentage of the electorate that will be Silent Generation or older. The Silent Generation is the most Republican leaning generation due to partisan imprinting, and it was still quite a force in 2016. But due to mortality realities the numbers have dropped to the point the youngest eligible Generation Z will actually surpass Silent & Older in terms of eligible voters in 2020. In 2016 it was 13% Silent & Older to 4% Generation Z. This time it is projected to be 10% Generation Z to 9% Silent and Older.

Related table is low at this link:

https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/essay/an-early-look-at-the-2020-electorate/

Seniors increasingly favor our side as Baby Boomers become those seniors mixed with Silent Generation. It is never complicated as long as you rely on generational imprinting and ignore the nonsense that people get more conservative as they age.

Trump is imprinting a young generation that will be heavily Democratic as it ages and votes more dependably. That is the residue of a sustained low approval rating.

[Skittles]

8. so.....Copan is not misosgynist, but has voted for the misogynist party the last nine prez elections

uh huh

[Vogon_Glory]

9. I want to get in this guy's face and yell at him

For being a d__n fool for voting for Trump in 2016, but the needs of the country outweigh my desire to vent. I will hold my tongue.