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In reply to the discussion: DU is not representative of America any more [View all]HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Someone had a DU poll (on DU2) asking for age ranges and it tilted pretty far to the higher end. I'm 49. I was 5 months shy of voting in 1980. Even then, I knew enough about what was going on to know Reagan would be a tragedy. Bush 41 wasn't much better. Things were going really well under Clinton, but then we got the shrub. If you read a diverse selection of news sources, you'll understand (as I'm sure you do) that Obama has made a lot of headway despite the Republicans. rMoney would just be another disaster.
As for the blue collar middle class posters, personally I think we have a lot of them who are very active. I won't mention names out of respect for privacy, but what many of us are going through and have been through fits your description of the "long-time DUers". And Don, I don't see indications of "upper middle class white collar workers" unless you mean the under $100K crowd, and then I qualify. But I also spent three years running my own handyman business when those white collar jobs were few and far between (thank you shrub). I've changed toilets, fixed drywall, installed doors, replaced electrical equipment, installed mailbox posts, installed a chain link fence, and all of the other crap that comes with the position. I enjoyed that, and yes, that was blue collar. It was hard work, didn't make much profit, and filled with the satisfaction that comes with helping someone else and seeing the appreciation in their faces.
We're still here.