There is a similar split among Baby Boomers. Those born ~1958 and after were quite different from our predecessors. (I was born in 1960.) We grew up during the chaotic, financially stressed 1970s when everything seemed to be going to hell. We also leaned Republican in our youth.
Quoting an October 16, 1984 NYT article: "Ronald Reagan, at the age of 73 the oldest President, is more popular with young voters than with any other age group, according to a number of polls. Many disagree with some of his policies, but he is coming across to young people as a firm yet kindly grandfather figure, a leader who inspires confidence in an uncertain world. 61-to-30 Over Mondale According to combined figures from the two most recent New York Times/ CBS News Polls, taken before the Presidential debate on Oct. 7, voters from the ages of 18 to 24 supported Mr. Reagan by 61 percent to 30 percent over his Democratic challenger, Walter F. Mondale. For the rest of the electorate the margin was narrower, 53 to 32. Polls indicated some shift in public opinion after the Presidential and Vice- Presidential debates, but there was no indication of a marked change in the youngest age groups."
There is a similar split among Baby Boomers. Those born ~1958 and after were quite different from our predecessors. (I was born in 1960.) We grew up during the chaotic, financially stressed 1970s when everything seemed to be going to hell. We also leaned Republican in our youth.
Quoting an October 16, 1984 NYT article: "Ronald Reagan, at the age of 73 the oldest President, is more popular with young voters than with any other age group, according to a number of polls. Many disagree with some of his policies, but he is coming across to young people as a firm yet kindly grandfather figure, a leader who inspires confidence in an uncertain world. 61-to-30 Over Mondale According to combined figures from the two most recent New York Times/ CBS News Polls, taken before the Presidential debate on Oct. 7, voters from the ages of 18 to 24 supported Mr. Reagan by 61 percent to 30 percent over his Democratic challenger, Walter F. Mondale. For the rest of the electorate the margin was narrower, 53 to 32. Polls indicated some shift in public opinion after the Presidential and Vice- Presidential debates, but there was no indication of a marked change in the youngest age groups."
Time article making the same point: https://time.com/archive/6700984/reagans-youthful-boomlet/
Reagan's appeal was a lot more like that of Abundance than that of Trump.