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FIG_01: SUBJECT_PORTRAIT
John Thune
STATUS: ACTIVE_TERM
SD-SEN // REPUBLICAN

John
Thune

AGE_GAP
26_YRS
ELECTED
1997
TERMS_SERVED
7
TENURE
29_YRS

THE_AGE_DISCONNECT

BOOMER
MILLENNIAL
65
VS
26_YRS
39
MEMBER_AGE
AVG_AGE

STATE_ANALYTICS: SD

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

SILENT
6%
BOOMER
26%
GEN_X
22%
MILL
33%
GEN_Z
13%

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