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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
At least for some of us.
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
I imagine it swings. W has been the single best recruiter the Democratic party has ever seen.
My daughter's 19. When they meet someone their age who is Republican, they kind of treat him like Yeti. |
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Hall of Fame Legend |
What was the question? I would expect it to fit fairly well with the traditional narratives:
Dem: "The world is a hell-hole and the government will save you" Rep: "America is paradise and the government can do nothing but steal your happiness and give it to others" (tried to spread the hyperbole around evenly) |
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
It was just a party ID question:
"Trends in the opinions of America's youngest voters are often a barometer of shifting political winds. And that appears to be the case in 2008. The current generation of young voters, who came of age during the George W. Bush years, is leading the way in giving the Democrats a wide advantage in party identification, just as the previous generation of young people who grew up in the Reagan years -- Generation X -- fueled the Republican surge of the mid-1990's. In surveys conducted between October 2007 and March 2008, 58% of voters under age 30 identified or leaned toward the Democratic Party, compared with 33% who identified or leaned toward the GOP. The Democratic Party's current lead in party identification among young voters has more than doubled since the 2004 campaign, from 11 points to 25 points. In fact, the Democrats' advantage among the young is now so broad-based that younger men as well as younger women favor the Democrats over the GOP -- making their age category the only one in the electorate in which men are significantly more inclined to self-identify as Democrats rather than as Republicans." |
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Hall of Fame Legend |
Oh, I read too much into the thread title
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
Got a guess at the GDP figures out tomorrow, Tupa?
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Pro Bowl Player |
there is a strong following of the 20 something crowd that follows Ron Paul.
And they dont care for W. |
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Hall of Famer |
Those figures dont reflect the change as those same voters become older and more or less afluent.
I do think in general the republicans are in trouble because of the minority population increases. The republicans also are going to be further weakened by some of their members slowly trickling into a more libertarian position. Democrats or "bigger social program" parties always grow in strength because of the fundamentals of profiting economies. For every major cycle of affluence their is an equal trend for a specific population in the opposite direction. |
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
I think you're over-thinking this, Sev. This is mainly a reaction to the Bush administration. It's also a more socially liberal group that doesn't jibe well with Republican views on social issues.
Your theory also wouldn't hold in the 80s, when young people reacted positively to the Reagan "smaller social programs" agenda in a profiting economy. |
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Hall of Famer |
over thinking me??? I am shocked. Your probably right. I know in the 80's younger demographics showed a increase toward reagonomics but their was a another factor involved. The big russian communist cold war that reagon was very popular fighting against. fear of a nuclear war has that affect of coalescing around your current leader and party that is percieved as effective against that possibility.
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Skipper of the Lake Erie Booze Patrol Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters  |
More like dumb ass kids are genetically wired to buck the norm. They also dress funny, pound Jaegerbombs and listen to stupid music. Dude. WSS |
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Hall of Fame Legend |
Sure. But Shep's right too - it swings. I think the only thing that's clear from this bit of info is that the future is the same as it ever was.  |
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Skipper of the Lake Erie Booze Patrol Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
"The Future. Live it or live with it!"  WSS |
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
Tupa, I'm going to guess somewhere between .25 and .5. I don't think we're in negative territory. Yet.
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Hall of Fame Legend |
Yeah, GDP came out at .6, not exciting but not negative.
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
Not bad, all things considering.
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NFL Special Teams player |
We need another choice...the dems and reps are nothing but party machines that fuel the the exact same stuff...Ron Paul said he'd ban the IRS....Do you ever see him in the news or in the Media at all? I don't.....News flash,......There are 6 companies in America that own the Media compared to 25 Pre-1996" Telecom act...Whom that controls the News that we consume, controls a vast vast majority of public opinion. |
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
Well said and we are one brainwashed nation........as are all fascist states as they self destruct
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Pro Bowl Player |
and our good ole boy rupert is trying to buy up all of the NY media. He who can control the thoughts of our nation will run it. He has to protect his investments and profiteering. Thank God the FCC has blocked it for now. When is V day? |
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
Yeah, that creeps me out. I always figured Satan would go after the media first, tell us all what we think. Fox News is the tip of the iceberg. I loved when they had Karl Rove on to talk about Obama's handling of Wright. Do you even need to have the sound up when you know he's just gonna tell you exactly what you want/need to hear in order to continue believing what you want/need to? |
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