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(11,417 posts) Mon Dec 31, 2012, 01:43 PM Dec 2012

The DU myth that seniors vote Republican. [View all]

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. [View all] 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