It’s no secret that Joe Biden’s approval rating is deeper underwater than Aquaman. But today NPR points out that there are some pretty big differences in those ratings depending on which generation you ask. It turns out that Gen X is the most conservative and gives Biden the worst marks.
“Gen X is the most Republican of the generations,” said Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University and author of the book Generations, which examines what drives generational differences.
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist polling underscores that point: By generation, Biden has the highest disapproval rating from Generation X (62%), compared with the Silent/Greatest Generation (48%), baby boomers (48%) and Generation Z/millennials (50%). Biden also has the highest “strongly disapprove” rating from Gen X (52%), compared with the Silent/Greatest Generation (41%), boomers…