Generation X - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Fri, 14 Aug 2020 15:36:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Generation X - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Sorry, But Kamala Harris Is a Boomer https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/08/14/sorry-but-kamala-harris-is-a-boomer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sorry-but-kamala-harris-is-a-boomer Fri, 14 Aug 2020 15:36:01 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1219223 Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate has set off an attempt to brand her as a member of Generation X, the relatively small demographic cohort whose lack of identity became its nickname. Pew Research defines people born between 1965 and 1980 as Gen X. Few Gen X’ers have achieved real political […]

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Andrew Yang Is the Last Gen-X Presidential Candidate Standing https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/01/13/andrew-yang-is-the-last-gen-x-presidential-candidate-standing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=andrew-yang-is-the-last-gen-x-presidential-candidate-standing Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:56:50 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=979482 Andrew Yang (born in 1975) is the only representative of Generation X running for President now that Cory Booker (1969) has left the race. It’s important to note that Michael Bennet almost makes it: He was born in late November 1964, a month and change before Pew Research Center’s 1965 cutoff. But rules are rules, and all the other Gen […]

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Why Isn’t Generation X in Charge Yet? https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/07/15/why-isnt-generation-x-in-charge-yet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-isnt-generation-x-in-charge-yet Mon, 15 Jul 2019 17:53:59 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=827530 In January 1993, this magazine marveled that with the inauguration of Bill Clinton, “power is falling into the grip of men and women who weren’t even born on December 7, 1941.” Twenty-six years later, those of us who were teenagers when Challenger exploded are still waiting for our turn to run things. In theory, it ought to […]

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Generations in DC: Some First-in-Their-Cohorts Look Back https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/07/15/generations-in-dc-some-first-in-their-cohorts-look-back/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=generations-in-dc-some-first-in-their-cohorts-look-back Mon, 15 Jul 2019 17:50:59 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=839108 Jessica Rosenworcel, 47 First Gen X commissioner of the FCC “I think what’s unique about our generation of policymakers is that our adult lives are bisected by the internet age—we’re young enough to appreciate the essentials demanded by our digital world but old enough to do something about it. When I was in school, getting […]

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Millennials vs. Boomers: The Coming Generational Clash Over Washington Real Estate https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/07/15/millennials-vs-boomers-generational-clash-washington-real-estate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=millennials-vs-boomers-generational-clash-washington-real-estate Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:07:51 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=804604 Matt McCormick, a real-estate agent with TTR Sotheby’s, specializes in upscale Washington-area residential properties. As such, he’s had a lot of experience with people like Dimitri and Paula. “Baby boomers all wanted the same thing,” says McCormick. “Sell their big home for $2 million or $3 million, buy a big DC condominium for $1 million—overlooking […]

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Generation X Is Now Driving NPR’s Audience Growth https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/10/26/generation-x-driving-nprs-audience-growth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=generation-x-driving-nprs-audience-growth Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:35:42 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=240717 Generation X may have found a way to no longer be the demographic group no one cares about: They’re crucial to public media! People born between 1963 and 1982 represented 32 percent of NPR’s cumulative audience in spring 2017, according to Nielsen ratings. Gen X’ers also had more “touchpoints” to NPR content than other generations. […]

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