Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Oldest and Youngest May Determine Presidential Election

Clinton has an enthusiasm deficit with under-29 voters; Trump, with the 65-plus crowd.

July 10, 2016 at 3:15 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

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Years ago, the conservative activist Grover Norquist was the guest speaker in a class I teach at the University of Pennsylvania.

"Older people are the base of the Democratic Party," he told the class of predominantly liberal Ivy League students. "Do you know what they do every day? Die."