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In reply to the discussion: "Forget 2012: Long-Term Demographic Trends Favorable to Republicans" [View all]Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)25. Oh, that's funny.
Do they forget that the new "older folks" are aging hippies, feminists, civil rights activists, etc. etc.?
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"Forget 2012: Long-Term Demographic Trends Favorable to Republicans" [View all]
babylonsister
Nov 2012
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Hopefully - a bunch of old hippies voting to lower the ages for SSI and medicare!
geckosfeet
Nov 2012
#2
NPR lost my financial support and my ears back in 1989-90 with its pro-military
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#51
Hah! That's good. The real debate in this country should occur between
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#50
LOLZZzzzzzzzzz. Sorry but my generation won't be voting "reliably republican" when we're Seniors.
JaneyVee
Nov 2012
#5
And there is a reason for that. "Crazy Eyes" is not just a baseless perception.
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#44
This article assumes people just turn conservative the older they get.
Drunken Irishman
Dec 2012
#27
At 40 I was a conservative, at 50 I'm a liberal and growing to loathe the GOP more every day
Populist_Prole
Dec 2012
#33
The Fastest Growing Groups Are Latinos, African Americans, And Asians
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2012
#45
The older folks that reliably vote Republican are dieing off and the new ones
Motown_Johnny
Dec 2012
#47