The aging of the GOP electorate

[K8-EEE]

Ii was just reading an article about how Carly was campaigning at Leisure World, and you know, it is so striking that whenever there is a GOP rally 3/4 of the people are old. Whereas the Dem rallies, it's all ages. What does that mean for the GOP in 10 or 20 years? IMO these 20 year olds are not going to one day wake up and be as homophobic as the Glenn Beck crew.

It's like the GOP has turned into this regressive entity that is intent on pulling us backward....but it's a fight they ultimately can't win.

[Jennicut]

1. The GOP base is much older then the Dem's base.

I love my parents but they are so typical of the Repub base, older and white, living in a suburb. 62 years old, both of them. I think the GOP will eventually have no where to go, with minorities growing and the millenials eventually getting older and more established. Granted, this is ten to twenty years from now but I would rather be a Dem then a Repub at that time. An aging base means less voters for you, eventually.

[thunder rising]

2. Not just old ... real old (scooter old). This could well be their last hurrah

Buying their way to heaven on the blood of LGBT and brown people.

[femmocrat]

3. Yeah, but old people vote. n/t

[Jennicut]

4. And then they get old. And then they forget to vote, like my Grandmother.

Love my Grandma but at 89 she is kind of losing it a bit.

[K8-EEE]

5. They do but how many election cycles do they have left?

Their archaic views are alienating their own young people. I don't see them replacing the voters who will be dying off unless they back off the teabagger agenda.

[CLANG]

7. Not when they're dead

Each election cycle there will be fewer and fewer. We will undoubtedly lose some fine progressives too.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

6. Compare the crowd demographics of the Stewart rally to any Tea Bagger event. nt

[kelly1mm]

8. Sad part is that I remember my Berkley CA, People's Park picnicking

semi hippie, very liberal parents saying the same thing just after the 1980 election. Ten years later they were living in Modesto, gone fundy, and voted straight R for the last 20 years. I think something happens to many when they turn 40.

[K8-EEE]

11. WELL IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO ME!!! N/T

[kelly1mm]

16. Me either ..... but I JUST turned 40! I'll be on the lookout for "signs"!

Tragic part was my Dad was saying it like "don't worry, by the time you grow up all the republicans will have died off". You have to laugh (or cry) about some things.

[K8-EEE]

18. 50 here! 50! FIFTY! half a fucking century....gak!

On the plus side I got carded last Saturday! Yes the place was dark and the girl who asked me was a ditz. But I was oh, sooooo happy to dig my license out.

[queenjane]

22. I'm 50, too! And MORE liberal than ever!!! n/t

[DearAbby]

26. They were just looking for a big tip

from a grateful old fart...Muahahahhahaha

[BluegrassDem]

20. Point taken, but the world has changed so much

Young people nowadays are exposed to much more diversity than our parents in the 60's. The world is a much smaller nowadays. It's not uncommon for a young person to have traveled overseas, roomed with a minority in college, have gay friends, etc. So I'm not sure the young people today will be come wingnuts when they turn 45. At least I hope not! :-)

[DearAbby]

25. possibly happen to some

I am 55 and still raging liberal and proud. What wave turned them, completely missed my ass.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Hmmm, something popped into my head

An old Calvin and Hobbes cartoon where Calvin is relishing the onset of cold weather and yelling "Die, spiders! Die!!"

Wonder why I thought of that?

[K8-EEE]

13. Yeah where'd that come from?

Hmmmm......

:hi:

[KeyserSoze87]

10. You know what GOP stands for?

Greedy old people.

[K8-EEE]

12. That explains it! Bill Maher said there were so many oxygen tanks

at Glenn Beck's rally one match and the whole place would have gone up!

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[LiberalFighter]

14. I review a database of pollworkers that had both Dems and Rs

There were more Rs deceased then Dems.

Oh... today a R called wanting to work at the polls and we didn't know right away she was a R until I checked her history. By then the other guy was in the process of appointing her to work. During the process he finds out that she hasn't voted as she was asking about it. As it turns out it was after 12 noon the deadline to early vote. She knew then that if she wanted to vote she would have to turn the position down. Instead she accepted. That means one less vote for any Republican. Her voting history was D in 2008 primary and R in all primaries prior to 2008.

[jimlup]

15. I honestly hope they all...

End up in nursing homes incapable of voting by tomorrow morning. I know it's a lot to ask but...

[OutNow]

19. Old Rs? Not in Oregon

A lot of people from California come to Oregon when they retire. Clean air, clean water, and lots of wonderful environmentally sensitive Democrats.

Hey, I'm 60 and still have hair almost down to my waist; unfortunately none on the top though.

OBTW - Go Ducks!

[pstokely]

21. They don't have much money of their own when they are young

They'll turn Repuke if they get rich

[pstokely]

23. They're old and they vote

They're young and they (statistically) don't

[rasputin1952]

24. I think they should all return their SS checks to the government that

"spends so much"....and pay for their medical care out of pocket. Gotta hate that "social" stuff...;)