• Wilzax@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Boomers are dying off. Gen Z is aging into voting age. Don’t take anything about that state for granted.

    • Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Sure but Florida is different. Nearly every other state is seeing some exodus of Boomers who have the wealth to retire. Many of them head to Florida.

      Florida has always had a mix of that going on. But Boomers started retiring at high rates about 10 years ago. The pace of influx of these people to Florida has dramatically aged the state. Forecast is 1/3rd of the state will be 60 or older in a couple years. That age group was under 1/4th before this latest mass migration started.