How old are you?

[MadisonProgressive]

Poll question: How old are you?

[MadisonProgressive]

1. This poll is in response to the person cited in another thread

That said DU "activists here are "mainly youngsters"". I think that is totally absurd and I'd like to find out.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=373079&mesg_id=373079

[Wilms]

2. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=373079&mesg_id=373193&page=
:hide:

[MadisonProgressive]

3. Not trying to sound snooty

but what is your point?

[Wilms]

6. You? Snooty? I was the one being snooty…or a bit cranky.

As you noted in your OP, the referred thread told a story about an election reformer commenting that DUers were "mostly youngsters".

Similar to that story, I heard one where the complaint was about DU posts that weren't mature. And so I was reminded, figuring a comment like that could not have been based on our appearance, but something else.

I've, at times, found myself disheartened with the tone of some debates, writing it off to the notion that it's an open forum.

But I've also seen thoughtful posters run-out of here for nothing more than having posed a logical, informed argument.

And I get cranky. But your poll neat. :hi:

[MadisonProgressive]

10. Sorry!

If that person is trying to say we thing 'young', that's not the worst thing in the world.

[autorank]

12. "It's a DU thing, they wouldn't understand."

Wilms, you are always thoughtful. I can't make the same claim (cough,cough). But DU is both sides of the brain. The emotional/passion quotent is what makes this place so special.

You're right, it is a public forum and you get all sorts of folks passing through but, what the heck, we're the "diversity" party.

:thumbsup:

[kiwi_expat]

17. Are you suggesting that someone might feel less than welcome if....

they are not a True Believer? ;-)


(Some of us agnostics manage to hang-in here, nevertheless.)

[NMDemDist2]

5. lots of us are old peaceniks from the 60s and 70s it appears

I know I'm one ........

[patricia92243]

8. Us oldsters think you 40 something ARE youngsters :)

[helderheid]

15. That means I'm a baby at 30

[MadisonProgressive]

4. One kick before bedtime!

:kick:

[China_cat]

7. Somewhere between menopause and dead.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. ...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ruthg]

26. Me too.... Where you are China Cat. Really cheery, eh? n/t

[autorank]

11. And remember what Lauen Hutton said: "50 is the new 30."

Right, and pigs live in trees (Firesign Theater, circa 1969).

I've been a political junkie all my life. Wish I'd had DU much earlier.

[bleever]

13. Is that the actual raw data above, or the adjusted data?

Sorry, had to ask.

:)

[helderheid]

16. LMAO

;)

[MadisonProgressive]

14. So far

79% of those responding are 40+ which is pretty much what I had expected.

[MadisonProgressive]

18. Update!

Poll result (99 votes)

00-18 (3 votes, 3% )
18-29 (6 votes, 6% )
30-39 (14 votes, 14%)
40-49 (36 votes, 36%)
50-59 (29 votes, 29%)
60-69 (11 votes, 11%)
70+ (0 votes, 0%)

under 18 = 3%
under 30 = 9%
over 30 = 90%
over 40 = 76%
over 50 = 40%

[Amaryllis]

19. But what does it all MEAN? :)

[MadisonProgressive]

20. I think it means that the average DU poster

based on a completely meaningless poll with a margin of error of +-20 points - is not a 'youngster'.

[Wilms]

21. Have you factored for the RYR?

The Reluctant Youngster Responder

[MadisonProgressive]

22. You're being snooty again....

[Amaryllis]

23. And have you factored in that SOME people may be lying about their age? :)

[MadisonProgressive]

24. This is a completely UNSCIENTIFIC poll

[ruthg]

28. do you think that folks are...

dissasembling??


Said Ruth, falling down laughing thinking about her prez......You can't write this stuff.. Jon Stewart must be thanking the gods of comedy heaven.

[ruthg]

27. What does anything mean.....

when you get right down to it..

[Amaryllis]

29. It was a joke. I am always asking people to state in simple terms what

the people are talking about on the forums on exit polls; I am math impaired.

[KaliTracy]

25. so if I vote 39 today, and turn 40 in a month, does it mean I've skewed

the data? :shrug:

[MadisonProgressive]

30. No, you'd be frozen in time at 39

[KaliTracy]

33. guess 50 is the new 30, my mom was frozen in time at 29! n/t

[HomerRamone]

31. TODAY I stop being in the most populous segment above.

Sniff.

[snot]

32. Of course, voters in some age brackets might be reluctant responders.