Hmmm, the generation that grew up with the fallout of the Carter administration is more conservative and racist. Entering the job market with high unemployment, huge increases in inflation and ridiculous interest rates may have turned that age group against Democrats. Entering that job market and being told that, regardless of your qualifications, you wouldn't be hired because of government mandated racial quotas may have affected some people's views on race relations. And the Dems continue to try to force their social engineering, with no acknowledgement of the harm their policies have caused.