The DU myth that seniors vote Republican.

There are a lot of myths here at DU that have a hard time dying. One is that seniors vote Republican. In spite of all of the posts by seniors like me who have never voted republican in our lives and in spite of all we report about our senior friends who vote Democratic all the time, some here just won't listen.

I think there is a need for that meme in some people's lives. Well here is a sight with a lot of data on senior voting in 2012.

http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/8372.pdf

It looks to me like seniors are evenly divided politically. Sure seniors in the South vote repub but so do younger people in the South.

Anyway look over the data for yourselves.

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The DU myth that seniors vote Republican. (Original post)	upaloopa	Dec 2012	OP
CNN: Romney holds slight 56-44 lead over Obama with 65+	BeyondGeography	Dec 2012	#1
As a 65+ female living in the South, I know as many seniors	Arkansas Granny	Dec 2012	#2
This was in October 2012	atreides1	Dec 2012	#3
No one knows for sure.	djean111	Jan 2013	#26
seniors voted 56-44 in favor of Romney, according to exit polls	CreekDog	Jan 2013	#41
I express liberal sentiments, sans the politics, to any seniors I encounter anywhere, they are NOT	patrice	Dec 2012	#4
What crap.	russspeakeasy	Dec 2012	#6
That is such a load of bull crap it makes me wonder how you can come up with such shit. I'm 66 and	upaloopa	Dec 2012	#10
I think Patrice is assuming that seniors are all those folks over 85 or so.	Blue_In_AK	Jan 2013	#39
Really?	Lugnut	Dec 2012	#15
oh brother . . . waht a load	DrDan	Jan 2013	#30
Seniors are an under-served group in the technological universe. They NEED to be brought into	patrice	Dec 2012	#5
What do you mean? Give some examples.	upaloopa	Dec 2012	#12
perhaps if you are referring to the 90+	DrDan	Jan 2013	#31
Could you perhaps elucidate for me the exact age group(s) you are talking about?	djean111	Jan 2013	#33
I happen to agree with you - did you mean to respond to me?	DrDan	Jan 2013	#38
I'm sorry, but what seniors are you referring to?	Blue_In_AK	Jan 2013	#40
Here's an interesting little chart I captured from that site.	Jackpine Radical	Dec 2012	#7
Oh, it's "Dump on Seniors" week this week on DU.	Le Taz Hot	Dec 2012	#8
It is a myth for sure.	RebelOne	Dec 2012	#9
My senior mother	LWolf	Dec 2012	#11
I'm 67, husband 69	Worried senior	Dec 2012	#13
It's not a myth.	jeff47	Dec 2012	#14
+1	AgainsttheCrown	Dec 2012	#19
You're grasping at straws. There is no homogeneous	upaloopa	Dec 2012	#20
Because their hand slipped when they voted?	jeff47	Dec 2012	#21
What is the breakdown percentage? Give me your reference so that I may be as enlightened as you.	upaloopa	Jan 2013	#23
Romney 56%, Obama 44%	muriel_volestrangler	Jan 2013	#25
Oh. a little more than half, a little less than half. Gosh. I was expecting 80-20.	djean111	Jan 2013	#35
The point is that seniors showed a distinct preference for Romney	muriel_volestrangler	Jan 2013	#36
by your standard, white voters didn't favor Romney	CreekDog	Jan 2013	#43
56% is hardly "seniors" it's 56% of those who bothered to vote. Say there are 100 million seniors	upaloopa	Jan 2013	#44
No shit... there is no homogeneous 65+ vote	cthulu2016	Dec 2012	#22
Where is the information you are using?	upaloopa	Jan 2013	#24
Is there some sort of point to all this?	djean111	Jan 2013	#28
The point is to respond to the OP	jeff47	Jan 2013	#37
Gee, according to some here I am an alien life form. I am almost	appleannie1	Dec 2012	#16
Thank you Appleannie1	life long demo	Jan 2013	#34
My mom is 68 and gets more left every year.	Starry Messenger	Dec 2012	#17
With the Evangelic crowd they have been brainwashed to believe the	appleannie1	Dec 2012	#18
Maybe it will occur to senior-bashers that referring to seniors AS A HOMOGENOUS GROUP	djean111	Jan 2013	#27
Is there any group that doesn't get treated as homogeneous on DU?	Fumesucker	Jan 2013	#29
emo-progs? :-)	djean111	Jan 2013	#32
I guess that makes me an emo-prog senior.	Blue_In_AK	Jan 2013	#42
there's also the DU myth that poor people and uneducated people are more likely to vote republican.	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#45