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FIG_01: SUBJECT_PORTRAIT
Jeff Merkley
STATUS: ACTIVE_TERM
OR-SEN // DEMOCRAT

Jeff
Merkley

AGE_GAP
29_YRS
ELECTED
2009
TERMS_SERVED
3
TENURE
17_YRS

THE_AGE_DISCONNECT

BOOMER
MILLENNIAL
69
VS
29_YRS
40
MEMBER_AGE
AVG_AGE

STATE_ANALYTICS: OR

The generational composition of Oregon's voting-age population — the constituents this senator represents statewide.

SILENT
5%
BOOMER
26%
GEN_X
23%
MILL
35%
GEN_Z
11%

DATA_NOTE: VOTING-AGE POPULATION ONLY (18+) · GEN_Z CAPPED AT 1997–2012 · SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS ACS