04 November 2010

Look at the shift in the voting electorate

In the 2008 presidential election year, young voters outnumbered older ones.  This year the ratio changed dramatically, with twice as many over-65s as under-30s.  Found at Yglesias.

3 comments:

  1. This is interesting and believable, but i would like to see your references.

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  2. This confirms my suspicions, although I would like to see the source.

    I feel like when I get on the internet, the US population is definitely majority liberal on social issues like gay marriage, civil unions and abortion. I don't mean to be ageist, I know people of all ages use the internet, but I think the internet voice is a better indicator of where the younger generation is going, political-wise. It seems to me like in 40 years when the 30 and younger crowd become the 65 and older crowd, a party that takes pride in trying to make those social issues illegal won't be very popular.

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  3. Thanks for the heads-up; I didn't realize that I hadn't inserted the source (Yglesias, tho he doesn't give his source).

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