2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Poll: Romney's advantage among older Americans is crumbling [View all]SWTORFanatic
(385 posts)Older folks are more likely to not be ok with a black president. If you're 70+ you remember segregation and the ideal woman staying at home to raise the kids. If you're under 35, you grew up learning that yes one day in your lifetime you will probably have a black president and/or a female president. Homophobia - to someone 70+ the idea of two men or two women getting married or openly gay (let alone gay) soldiers would have sounded as foreign as space aliens. Members of generation Y and generation X don't really give a crap about whether or not someone is gay. Also older folks are more likely to have money, power, and privilege. They are more likely to want to protect their money "low taxes" and "don't touch my medicare/social security, but take it away from them young whippersnappers!"
Of course this all applies in generalities. There are younger folks that are extremely bigotted and older people who are extremely open minded, but in general...