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mikekohr

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12. Studies I have seen have shown that the Millenial Generation are voting MORE Democratic

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 10:17 AM

Feb 2015

as they age. It is not just the policies of the Republican Party that turn them off. They despise faux drama and outrage. The style and personality of the Republican Party turns them off.

This is not a death spiral. Combined with minority demographics it is a generational black hole. Once they are drawn into the gravitational force of the singularity they will be crushed.

But until then, (4-8 years) they will hang onto power through shaving the rules to suit their increasingly desperate needs. -Voter suppression, Gerrymandering, attempts to change how electoral votes are counted. etc., etc..-
It is because of those tactics, particularly gerrymandering after the 2010 redistricting year, that they will hold the House until 2023.

Ignore them at our collective peril. In their short time left they can really "F" this country up.

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Yup, the GOP is f'd with young people [View all] eridani Feb 2015 OP

"Liberal" Republicans Bagsgroove Feb 2015 #1

I suspectyou are correct ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #13

I agree with both of you strongly. Also note the higher consistency of GOP as conservative vs. those freshwest Mar 2015 #39

One day those libertarians will get laid and then their political thoughts will mature FSogol Feb 2015 #31

Looks more like they are f'd with all age groups. Kalidurga Feb 2015 #2

Ron Paul is the only one that I see that could threaten the demographic trends JonLP24 Feb 2015 #3

Do people grow into conservatism? CincyDem Feb 2015 #4

AFAIK, ideology doesn't shift much with age eridani Feb 2015 #5

yeah - there's the idea that we are who we are at age 26. CincyDem Feb 2015 #7

Conformists. They "believe" what most people in their social group believe. tblue37 Feb 2015 #25

True, that is it. My liberal roots come from a family who came of age in the Great Depression. freshwest Mar 2015 #40

I agree, it's an open question Bagsgroove Feb 2015 #6

Not so much grow as indoctrinated n2doc Feb 2015 #9

Studies I have seen have shown that the Millenial Generation are voting MORE Democratic mikekohr Feb 2015 #12

At the age of 73 I see what you are saying. However, in the elections of the past - from FDR to jwirr Feb 2015 #17

No, but liberalism can be eroded away Scootaloo Feb 2015 #26

Good question, and one I often muse about Populist_Prole Feb 2015 #32

I have to agree.... essaynnc Feb 2015 #8

How do we get the Millennials and Gen-ex people to vote? CanonRay Feb 2015 #10

Let them vote on their iPhone. vanlassie Feb 2015 #11

Appeal to their concerns? n/t tazkcmo Feb 2015 #15

Now that's just crazy talk Scootaloo Feb 2015 #28

Yet they don't care about our concerns treestar Feb 2015 #30

Very good question. This week when we won the net neutrality issue my grandson told me that this jwirr Feb 2015 #19

I suggest looking at the States where they did not 'stay home' and considering what those States Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #22

They are disenfranchising themselves. hay rick Feb 2015 #29

Now if only they would vote. RBInMaine Feb 2015 #14

As we grow older Cryptoad Feb 2015 #16

I don't know, the DNC allows FUD etc to homogenize the parties too much uponit7771 Feb 2015 #18

not unless the national democratic party 1) adopts a liberal agenda and Doctor_J Feb 2015 #20

The GOP is losing an entire generation Gothmog Feb 2015 #21

Yup the GOP is Fucked, but so is the Democrats. No one I know in those Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #23

And young people also like Hillary.. DCBob Feb 2015 #24

the GOP has a plan, a good one guillaumeb Feb 2015 #27

"The original intent of the Founders, by the way. " That's a myth, btw. AverageJoe90 Feb 2015 #33

I threw that one in guillaumeb Feb 2015 #34

True, but we must be careful not to combat myth with myth.....nt AverageJoe90 Feb 2015 #35

This is definitely a significant part of their plan. nt hifiguy Feb 2015 #36

"This chart also shows the death of the conservative Democrat" malokvale77 Feb 2015 #37

It doesn't matter a bit if they don't vote. kiva Feb 2015 #38