{"id":19523,"date":"2011-11-03T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/generational-differences-in-views-of-obama\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:45:07","slug":"generational-differences-in-views-of-obama","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2011\/11\/03\/generational-differences-in-views-of-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Generational Differences in Views of Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are sharp generational differences in negative personal reactions toward President Obama, particularly feelings of anger and unease. Overall, when asked if the President makes them feel angry, 29% of people say yes and 70% say no. Four-in-ten (40%) say Obama makes them feel uneasy and 53% say they have been disappointed by him. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The over-65 Silent group is more likely than younger age cohorts to say that Obama makes them feel angry \u2014 40% of Silents share this sentiment compared with 32% of Boomers, 28% of Gen Xers and 19% of Millennials. In a callback survey of voters shortly after the 2008 presidential election, just 11% of Silents \u2014 along with comparable percentages of voters in other age cohorts \u2014 said Obama made them angry.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even in the honeymoon period following Obama\u2019s victory, Silents and Boomers were more likely than Gen Xers or Millennials to express unease with Obama \u2014 these differences have persisted. In a recent survey, Silents are the only age cohort in which a majority (52%) say Obama makes them feel uneasy; 43% of Boomers, 36% of Gen Xers and 33% of Millennials share this view. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, the differences between Silents and Millennials on the issue of anger and unease towards Obama are similarly wide among both whites and thepublic at-large. Nearly half of white Silents (46%) say Obama makes them feel angry; 58% say he makes them feel uneasy. Among white Millennials, 22% say he makes them feel angry, while 39% say he makes them feel uneasy. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2011\/11\/03\/section-3-views-of-obama-and-the-political-parties\/?src=prc-number\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The over-65 Silent generation is more likely than younger age cohorts to say that President Obama makes them angry. 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