By and large what age group are people here at DU in?

[...of J.Temperance]

By and large what age group are people here at DU in?

'Um...this is a poll because, I have a thread relating to a similar topic, except that's "what age is everyone" as in individually.

So, a few people thought maybe a poll on this topic might be better, so here the poll is, and there you have it.

:popcorn:

[DainBramaged]

1. So this moment there's only seven people on DU?

I am sad. Boo hoo. I must bump this thread from obscurity.

[GreenPoet64]

2. I'm curious enough to kick n/t

[agingdem]

3. Eight people....

I'm 57...agingdem...get it?!

[Bjornsdotter]

4. Go 40-50 age group!

Okay, so I'm in that group...but mentally about 22. :evilgrin:

Cheers!

[MadisonProgressive]

48. I heard a comment recently - don't remember where

"you're only young once, but you can be immature forever" or something to that effect.

[azmouse]

91. Growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional!

[ashling]

5. By and large what age group are people here at DU in?

Just a guess:
Bi: 30
Large: 47

(I'm 53)
:hi:

[...of J.Temperance]

6. I'm NOT

Entirely sure if the FIRST part of your response doesn't mean that I need to award a :spank: to you.

I'm 27 myself, I already voted.

53 is just fine :hi:

On Edit: Spelling error.

[ashling]

7. Sorry about that

I guess, I actually fit into the 'large' category, so maybe we had better increase that. :rofl:

[...of J.Temperance]

8. Oh heck

:rofl:

You're adorable :)

[ashling]

16. That's not me

that's my cat ... well, actually my daughter's cat. My daughter went away to college and the cat got custody of the parents.

[...of J.Temperance]

Hey the

Cats pretty adorable too :)

[blonndee]

9. Um, should I choose 20-30 or 30-40? I'm 30. n/t

[Liberal Veteran]

10. I'm 39 until tomorrow. I'm also confused.

:D

[blonndee]

12. Ooh, quick! You should choose the 30-40!

Happy early birthday, by the way! :toast:

[Liberal Veteran]

13. It's all gravy for me!

Each year is a blessing and I just shake my head at people who complain about getting older. I figure getting older beats the only other alternative available.

[blonndee]

28. You're right. I had a hard time with 30 till about 6 months before

my 30th, and then my grandmother died and I suddenly had a new perspective on life. I finally realized that I was a grown-up, as weird as that may sound.

I still can't believe it, though. 30. I just remember when my parents were in their 30s and it's hard to believe I'm the age THEY were when I was a kid.

[Ferret Annica]

100. I plan on living forever...

51 years old, so far so good.

[DainBramaged]

15. You are so lucky, a tweener

[GrantDem]

93. Are you

30 years and <5.9 months? Or, 30 years and >6.0?

[ellenfl]

11. i had to check my driver license.

when did i get that old?

ellen fl

[MuseRider]

14. Hey Hey

that 60 on the top of my group is a little scary.

Nah not really but I know what you mean.

[ellenfl]

82. well, ya know, i STILL don't consider myself a 'grownup'. eom

[MuseRider]

83. I am forever 17! n/t

[NoPasaran]

17. As old as we are

You'd think we'd be better behaved!

[Gman]

18. Recommended

to get more responses.

I would have thought the distribution would have been skewed more to the 20-40 YO group.

[NMDemDist2]

68. nope, these have been done several times before and it's us VietNam

era folks mostly

we been there, done that

[Gman]

76. Then I guess it's the younger kids that are the more prolific posters

I've got a little more than 8000 posts in 4 1/2 years here. I see some that I know are 20-30ish and they have 10000+ in little more than a year.

[NMDemDist2]

78. LOL i'm 50, check my profile hehehehe n/t

[Gman]

80. Ok... in general!

:-)

[mia]

19. Kick!

Thanks, J.Temperance

[...of J.Temperance]

31. It wasn't me that did it...it was ALL of the people who have responded

And you all seem to be enjoying the poll and liking responding to it, so that's good enough for me :)

:toast:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

20. Three cheers for the teens!

Not the most populous, but c'est la vie. :D :D

[Rowdyboy]

21. Okay, its Saturday night...Must keep this kicked til the younguns get home

from their debaucheries so we can get a more accurate reflection. Hell, if you're under 30 and a Democrat I HOPE you're not sitting at home on a Saturday night!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

23. Well, if you're underage entirely....

:P :P :P

[LeftyMom]

32. I am

:cry:

[Rowdyboy]

44. Mom's get a special dispensation.....

Kids take precedence over everything. Thats why I never wanted children-I was far too selfish.

[MarsThe Cat]

55. that was my thought too...

god i'm old.

[A Brand New World]

22. I just turned 50 and refuse to think about 60 yet so I chose the

40-50 instead of the 50-60. Ha!:dilemma:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

24. LOL nt

[Laurab]

47. Same here

I didn't even give 50-60 a THOUGHT!!!!

[Jamastiene]

25. 35. Gen X and proud of it.

My generation was doing something great back in the 90's. I just wonder why it seems everone in my generation has disappeared nowadays. I miss the great Nirvana/Clinton age.

[YOY]

27. As a fellow Gen X sometimes I think I'm just getting old

Then I ask my 20 year old cousin if it's just me or does the music suck pretty much these days.

His and his friends' general consesus was that the music pretty much is corporate crap. So you indeed are not the only one who misses the 90's.

I'm surprised more gen X-ers aren't more pissed off considering the employment scenario under the Shrubbery. I still think some of my old friends are scared of all the media hype and think the Teer-wrists are going to come and steal their new SUVs thanks to FOX news.

[Marr]

34. I'm 33 and I agree. There are some excellent bands now, though.

The Strokes are good, the Decemberists, a few others I can think of. Most of the stuff that gets actual air time now is total corporate garbage. Even K-ROQ out here in L.A., which really played alot of alternative music when it actually *was* alternative- they play mostly over-produced power pop shit now, too.

:/

[driver8]

70. KROQ used to be great! They suck big time, now. I cannot stand

to listen to that station. They play the same shitty songs over and over and over. For awhile, it seemed like they had about 10 bands in rotation and that was it.

[AspenRose]

99. Damn straight, Gen X represent!

b. 1968

[bigwillq]

26. 18-30 (nt)

[il_lilac]

29. Hmm, go figure...

Looks like a lot of us came of age in the 70's. Kumbaya:hippie:

[...of J.Temperance]

30. Gosh, my poll has received 6 votes, I WASN'T expecting THAT!

Thanks :hug:

This is I think the fourth time I've appeared on the Greatest Page. I'm genuinely humbled by this.

[QC]

33. I have it on good authority...

that the average age here is 12.

[Gronk Groks]

35. Interesting. Between 40 and 60 seems to be the majority...

...Old enough to give a damn and young enough to do something about it???

Much older demographic than I would of thought. After all it is the young ones who are doing the dying in Iraq.

[mikelgb]

36. Old Timers!!!!!

:hippie:

[LuCifer]

37. Anyone else born on Dec. 15 BUT ME?!

And freaking DON JOHNSON?! :puke: Oh what a notch in my belt! At least if my mom held me in one more day, I could have shared the same date (not year) as BILL HICKS! GRR!

Speaking of, 18 shopping days left until my 31st birthday people!
AND NO COMBO BIRTHDAY/XMAS PRESENTS! :sarcasm:

Lu

[kster]

39. Close December 19th ..nt

[MadisonProgressive]

46. December 11, 1954

I change categories in 2 weeks!

[LuCifer]

56. Don't worry...

...just move to Florida! Where else can someone be like 100 years old and still have others who are 100 YEARS OLD THAN THEM!!!!!!!
Holy CRAP! I think Ponce De Leon wasn't full of shit after all! THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH IS HERE AFTER ALL!!!!!!!!! I mean, I'm less than a month from 31, AND I STILL GET CARDED BUYING ALCOHOL (yes you repukes, I drink, bite me!) AND, the clerk is like "OK LEMME SEE YER ID......THE HELL?! YOU SHITTIN' ME?!" Not that I'm complaining. Must be the botox...

Lu

[MadisonProgressive]

58. No thanks! The weather is frightening...

and Florida will be completely under water by the turn of the century.

[LuCifer]

59. Glad I can swim!!!!

Hurricanes, ah what FUN! You get 2 or 3 days to know everything you own is going to be OBLITERATED! Oh gee GREAT! Just give me an earthquake already! No warning, no sweating, no bullcrap!

Lu

[union_maid]

75. December 11th, 1949 here

Husband is December 9th, also '49.

I suggest kicking this during the week if you want repsonses from the younger DUers.

[kster]

38. I'm in the majority !!!!!!!!

40 to 50 the only problem with being 46, every time I hear a siren I check my pulse to make sure they aren't coming for me...

[Vektor]

40. We have some seniors in here! Lets give em' a hand!

:hi: :applause:

You've seen a lot more history than I have. Some of you may be veterans of foreign wars. What must those of you in the 70-80 group think of what Bush is doing to our country?

[lostnfound]

42. Yay! I wish we had more of them. We need you! nt

[...of J.Temperance]

43. Not only do you seniors get a hand, you also get one of these

:patriot:

That's for getting us young ones THIS far :)

[Vektor]

51. Agreed!

:patriot:
From me too...

[Qibing Zero]

41. Okay so if DU is on the 'fringe'...

..and I feel like I'm more to the left than the average person here, and the average age of DU posters is somewhere between 40 and 60, making me, in my early 20s, less than half the age of most...

Then I must be one of those doesn't-know-any-better brainwashed leftist radicals I'm always hearing about! Hot damn.

[pat_k]

45. Older people may be over-represented in Saturday night poll

On Saturday night, I would guess that younger people are out and about. That is, older folk may be over-represented at this point.

[JI7]

49. 40-50 50-60 alone is greater than 18-30 and 30-40 combined

only taking 40-50 or 50-60 alone is greater than 18-40. that is interesting. for some time i noticed many seem to be over 40 on DU. but never really realized how much in comparison to the others.

[MadisonProgressive]

52. We've taken this poll several times in the past

and the 40+ age group always beats the under 40 age group by a large margin. Why? That's would be an interesting topic for discussion.

[Miss Chybil]

62. Maybe, political awareness is a forties kind of thing?

Kind of when you're done trying to get laid, or raising your kids, usually the light bill is getting paid and probably you've got a halfway decent job, you're not out in the bars until the wee hours and you have more time to think about things bigger than yourself.

[MadisonProgressive]

65. I agree except for one thing...

I'm still trying to get laid! And I haven't even got to the viagra stage yet!!

[Qibing Zero]

66. Haha, oh man I'm so out of the game!

What you say actually makes sense for my political awareness, and I'm in my early 20s.

I'm not having kids anytime soon, the constant driking got old really fast, and the bills aren't an issue. Guess I need to spend more time trying to get laid then, eh?

[incapsulated]

71. Done trying to get laid!?

Speak for yourself, 40-50 ain't that old! :P

[Miss Chybil]

73. ROFL! When I say done trying to get laid...

I guess I mean done "chasing tail" - if, we're married, or similarly matched up. Not having to find it, chase it, convince it, (i.e. it already sleeps in our bed and we drink coffee with it in the morning), leaves a lot more time for other things... like reading the news. :-)

Disclaimer: This is a light-hearted generalization and my own humble opinion. No need to point out every nuance, or circumstance. It's not that serious.

[JI7]

63. it reflects voting patterns

older people vote in larger numbers than younger people.

[pat_k]

67. In the pop, 38% of 20-80 range is under 40 (i.e., 62% of range is over 40)

You would expect a 60-40 split between over and under 40.

In the population:

Roughly 38% of 20-80 range is under 40
Roughly 62% of 20-80 range is over 40

See earlier post for more on the DU age distribution vs. overall population.

From official election results (O-fishy as they are) turnout numbers for 2004:

43% 18-44
57% 45+

Reference http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting/cps2004.html

[NMDemDist2]

69. i can tell you in one word-- Viet Nam n/t

[Laurab]

50. This is interesting....giving it a kick and an R

I too think the younger ones are out now - it will be interesting to see, because I always thought the majority were younger. I just turned 50, myself and damn, I can't believe I'm that old, but it's nice to see lots of others in my age group here.

[sleipnir]

53. Not to be morbid, but proves my point that in 15 years, 1/4 of DU will be

dead.

I think this is worthy of discussion on the state of Progressive Politics. I think the same is true in the reality-based world. I stand by my point that 25% of the current progressives will only vote in three more presidential elections. That's a frightening but honest figure. And I don't think we are replacing them 1 to 1 with the younger crowd. We really need to address this issue, or we are going to lose more elections in the next 30-40 years than we think.

[MadisonProgressive]

57. I'm sure lots of us thank you for that reminder!

Also, my hair is thinning, my knees hurt, my cholesterol is too high, I'm overweight, and my eyesight and hearing is getting worse. Physically, I'm collapsing - and thanks for making me think about all that!

[MarsThe Cat]

54. Generation Jones...and loving it. two more months of being 44.

lots of interesting times left to experience.

[Miss Chybil]

60. Looks like the demographic is 30 - 60 year olds, for the most part.

Good poll.

[MadisonProgressive]

61. over 40 is at 76%

My theory is that people that have lived in the 'good old USA' longer are more concerned about the present state. Also, older people lived through the Vietnam era and are used to being more activist-like.

[pat_k]

64. Distribution here compared to overall population

I was curious about the distribution relative to the distribution in the population. The range for youngest is a bit off (DU starting with 18 rather than 20), but here's what I found using numbers over at http://www.censusscope.org/us/chart_age.html.

20-29 19% overall, 9% DU (-10)

30-39 19% overall, 14% DU (-5)

40-49 22% overall, 35% DU (+13)

50-59 17% overall, 29% DU (+12)

60-70 12% overall, 11% DU (-1)

70-80 10% overall, 1% DU (-9)

Percent overall = total_in_range/total_20_to_80

[Wheezy]

72. kick

Interesting stats. I knew the median age had to be older than me. I come here to learn from the more wise and experienced. If y'all were 25 or younger, w3 wud a11 B ta1kn 1ik3 dis yo. U can 4get dat noise.
:yoiks:

(I'm 37)

[suziedemocrat]

74. I'm 42.

[Catchawave]

77. An "aging hippy" kick :)

[Thirtieschild]

79. 70 years 9 months 25 days

We were depression babies, were called the Silent Generation when we were in college.

I not only remember where I was when I heard Kennedy had been shot -- I remember where I was when I heard FDR had died: walking to the store. People were standing on front porches crying. No one was sure who was now president.

[AnnInLa]

81. I think you'd get more 18-30's if you posted the poll in the lounge

A lot of the younger set seems to hang out there, and seems to avoid GD. Have seen posts there in which they look down their noses at GD posters and vow to avoid GD like the plague. (Which begs the question, why come to DU at all, unless it's just to socialize in the Lounge?)

[LSK]

84. kick - 33 here

[Pharaoh]

85. kicken..............

reccomended:dem: :dem: :dem:

49 here

[sagesnow]

86. Got to keep it kickn...

49 and still kickn!

:kick::thumbsup:

[glitch]

87. To the one over 80:

:yourock:

[...of J.Temperance]

88. Is THAT cool or WHAT! We have someone here that's over 80 years-old :)

Aw heck...they need to come forward and tell us who they are. I was hoping that we DID have some people in that age group.

That's so FAB! They need to know how much we admire them.

:hug: That's for you, WHOEVER you are :)

[Jokinomx]

89. Kick....n/t

[Shine]

90. I'm 41. Glad to know I'm in the majority, cuz I thought most were younger.

Not that that's a bad thing, of course. ALL ages are great. Interesting poll.
:)

Shine

[charlyvi]

92. 54 here.

Remember where I was when Kennedy was murdered; when we walked on the moon; worked across the street from the Grant Park riots at the Dem convention in '68; saw my brother and his friends come back from Vietnam, some in bad shape some not so bad; saw the Golden Era in movies, in my opinion, from late sixties through the seventies, at the show (not on DVD); saw the Saigon airlift on TV in real time; remember when Elvis died; on and on and on. Boy, am I lucky! It's been interesting as hell!

:hippie:

PS: Saw the Beatles in concert five times. I say "saw them" because you couldn't hear shit with all the screaming.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

94. I'm 47...I wonder how many of the 40-50 group still smokes weed?

I still do...Only thing that keeps me sane in this insane World.

Peace.

[Sam_Lowry]

95. Well, the frame is 37 years old...

and outta warranty. :yoiks:
The brain, well, 65 or so, wanting retirement.
The heart, stuck at 4 (but ohh is that a good place to be!)
The soul, who on earth knows? a day or a milennia?

So what does that average out to?

[Dances with Cats]

96. 46

going on 23. As you know. I had a post diasappear from here? WTF? All I said was that all the college age kids were probably all out having fun.Which they probably are.

[MadisonProgressive]

97. Sheesh! That's criminal!!

[Roxy66]

98. 39 here...I'm surprised by the number of 40-50

I assumed it was a younger crowd.

[mcscajun]

101. Another over 50 here.

just had the 54th BD last week, As a matter of fact. :)

[Norquist Nemesis]

102. WooHoo! It's been a while since I've been in the majority!

46 here. :)

[Catchawave]

103. I wonder if we can hit 1000 votes *kick*

And welcome to all the newbies :hi:

[MrMonk]

104. Sheesh . . . what a bunch of old farts.

[Laurab]

105. LOL - yeah I am -I mean THEY are - should be posted in the lounge

Or something. The other 79,000 or so people have got to be here somewhere....

[Catchawave]

106. kick

[Fla Dem]

107. Middle age rules !!!!! 40 - 60 = 72% n/t

[Dances with Cats]

108. Kick IT!

Damn what a collection of geezers.And I'm one of them! Should be new people in on a Monday night thus, Kick!