Grandparents form political bloc ahead of Nov. 2 vote

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Candidates for the White House now have yet another potentially influential bloc of voters to court, with the founding of a political interest group for grandpas and grandmas.

The new group GrannyVoter.org said it would hold an official press conference announcing its unveiling on Tuesday. The group was also set to roll out the results of a poll of grandparents, and their political preferences. "Seventy million grandparents, and the total will be 80 million by 2010 as the 'Baby Boom' generation (born between 1946 and 1964) become grandparents," the group said.

Yet, surprisingly, despite their numbers, very little has been done to understand how being a grandparent shapes one's views of the issues and influences the senior vote," Grannies.org said in a statement.

"GrannyVoter.org, a movement to encourage grandparents to speak out as trustees of the future, will release the findings of the first poll ever to ask grandparents how concerns about grandchildren will affect the senior vote -- the most powerful voting bloc in the American electorate." The national poll of grandparent voters to be unveiled this week was conducted by the Ipsos-Public Affairs polling research, the website said


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1. this grandma

and grandpa duo is voting Kerry/Edwards. No way do I want my darling Lily Ann having to suffer for the follies of the neocons.

[asjr]

3. Nor my Lily Regina and Emily Grace!

[Xenus Sister]

2. Wow, whee! I'm a grandparent

And I thought about making my own buttons and t-shirts saying "Grandmas For Kerry" or something. I'll check these people out.

Thanks!