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kpete

(71,953 posts) Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:21 PM Jan 2012

New Research: People - DON'T - Get More Conservative as They Get Older [View all]

People Don't Get More Conservative as They Get Older

"Amidst the bipartisan banter of election season, there persists an enduring belief that people get more conservative as they age -- making older people more likely to vote for Republican candidates," according to Discovery News.

"Ongoing research, however, fails to back up the stereotype... In fact, studies show that people may actually get more liberal over time when it comes to certain kinds of beliefs. That suggests that we are not pre-determined to get stodgy, set in our ways or otherwise more inflexible in our retirement years."

http://news.discovery.com/human/voter-conservative-aging-liberal-120119.html
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/01/24/people_dont_get_more_conservative_as_they_get_older.html

take that tea-nutters...
kpete

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New Research: People - DON'T - Get More Conservative as They Get Older [View all] kpete Jan 2012 OP

Certainly went that way for me. GoneOffShore Jan 2012 #1

I have noticed for years that the older I get, the lefter I lean. kestrel91316 Jan 2012 #2

I agree with that - of course there are a lot here who like to pin that label on seniors DrDan Jan 2012 #3

dad went moderate right as a senior Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #4

I think it's a wash. Liberal Veteran Jan 2012 #5

awesome news...can't wait serqet Jan 2012 #6

assuming that even a tiny bit of wisdom comes with age, then this is self-evident :) Schema Thing Jan 2012 #7

the only profound change i've observed is that dementia/senility seems to trigger a lurch rightward. unblock Jan 2012 #8

I think it's because dementia destroys self control. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #11

Am 64 yrs old and I have always considered myself a social democrat like my mom. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #9

That myth comes from the early 60s, when... Odin2005 Jan 2012 #10

I was a Kennedy-style liberal Dem in my college days hifiguy Jan 2012 #12

Excellent... redqueen Jan 2012 #13

I think that makes a lot sense and where you see it happening as with the Tbaggers I think fear jwirr Jan 2012 #14

I voted for Bush in 2000... DLine Jan 2012 #15

If I get any farther gone beyond left Zorra Jan 2012 #16

That makes sense to me - folks gather actual experience and change. TBF Jan 2012 #17

So many people have assumed that Churchill's self-serving quip was the truth for all Tom Ripley Jan 2012 #18

I think that stereotype came from the 60s and 70s: MisterP Jan 2012 #19

I know I haven't. Solly Mack Jan 2012 #20