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cthulu2016

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22. No shit... there is no homogeneous 65+ vote
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 09:40 PM
Dec 2012

And nobody said there was.

But guess what?

Seniors are a Republican demographic.

No contradiction.

Deal with reality. Don't get upset about imaginary slights and non-existent problems.

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
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