GOP’s most daunting challenge is among the young
The political story of the week, month and probably the year continues to be the plight of the Republican Party and its belated effort to break its dependence on white, older Americans.
That’s why RNC Chair Reince Priebus is here in Atlanta, the capitol of black America, seeking input on how to reach African Americans. It’s also why U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will be giving the GOP response to President Obama’s State of the Union address next week, and is leading a Republican effort to resolve its immigration challenge.
But Stu Rothenberg, writing in Roll Call, lays out what may be the most daunting challenge of all. As he notes, the GOP does very, very well among older voters, particularly older white voters. It does so well, in fact, that by rights it ought to be winning national elections easily:
“Romney … easily beat Obama among voters 45 and older, many of whom came of age politically during the Reagan years or whose views were formed by the Gipper’s brand of conservatism…. he won whites 65 years and older by 61 percent to 39 percent and whites 45-64 by 61 percent to 38 percent.”
But among young voters? Let’s take a look at how GOP presidential candidates have done among the general electorate, compared to how they’ve done among those aged 18-29:
As the chart indicates, among young voters, the GOP is significantly underperforming both its overall numbers and its historic numbers among the young.
Think of it this way: In 1984, Ronald Reagan got 59 percent of the 18-29 vote, and today, 28 years later, many of those young Reagan voters continue to think of themselves as Reagan Republicans and continue to vote that way. Many of those reading this are probably part of that demographic, and had their political views and loyalties formed in that era.
Fast-forward 24 years. In 2008, President Obama got 66 percent of the 18-29 vote, and last year he got 60 percent. When you start doing that cycle after cycle, you build an advantage that is hard to overcome. These are people who are going to be voting for the next half-century.
– Jay Bookman
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Morality?
February 7th, 2013
12:39 pm
“What is the negative of legalizing weed? DUMB QUESTION! To you Dems of low morals and greed for the almighty dollar to feed the Fed coffers to keep your SOCIALIST social plans from failing you would sell the future and the soul of our YOUTH. Drugs alter the long term genetic structure of the body and mind. Autism, auto immune diseases, increase in drug addiction, destruction of the family structure and a burdensome increase on the disability and health care systems of this country – increasing the cost of “taking care” of these ruined lives will more than offset your “quick fix” for the Fed coffers by legalizing drugs.
Moderate Line
February 7th, 2013
12:40 pm
Morality?
February 7th, 2013
12:30 pm
B C – By legalizing marywanna we are continuing to genetically alter our future. From the drug generation we get auto immune diseases that never existed before, we get autism that is elevating at an alarming rate, from the drug generation we are getting brain diseases, muscle diseases and genetic mutations that did not exist 50, 40, 30, 20 years ago.
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That is an odd statement to make considering that most drugs were legal up to the beginning of the 20th century. Where were all these genetic mutations before. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of_marijuana_in_the_United_States
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 7th, 2013
12:40 pm
Drugs alter the long term genetic structure of the body and mind.
Coke-head Bush says, “What?”
Mick
February 7th, 2013
12:42 pm
**The trillion dollar stimulus says**
Finally, some money for americans in america!!!
GT
February 7th, 2013
12:42 pm
C. Conservative you are working those generalities again. There is a few thousand lives wasted on your special interest wars that you send our boys and now the ladies to fight. Your drug war has cost us billions with a big zero on the score board, now unlike how you people waste money running losing campaigns. Save the waste comments you are looking foolish again old boy.
Madmax
February 7th, 2013
12:42 pm
GT – not arguing with you on the 1st point – just saying it’s Obama & the Dem’s now. You own it. If it works, good for all of us. If it doesn’t, the demographics of Jay’s chart will change.
Your second point is irrelevant – see the 1st point
Regnad Kcin
February 7th, 2013
12:42 pm
“which is against his take the guns away policy.”
Which shows that you have no knowlege of the issue. Do you ever wonder why people ignore your posts when they contain statements as stupid as that?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 7th, 2013
12:43 pm
The trillion dollar stimulus waste says, “What”?
Bush’s 2008 stimulus says, “What?”
Mad Max
February 7th, 2013
12:44 pm
Obama and the Democratic Party need to realize that in 2013 their enemy is not the Republican Party. It is the laws of economics.
Regnad Kcin
February 7th, 2013
12:44 pm
“All the young that I know realise that hope of getting a good job are slim to none.”
Many of the young people I know already have job offers lined up for after they complete their degrees.
Perhaps you should hang out with a better class of “young people.”
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 7th, 2013
12:45 pm
“increasing the cost of “taking care” of these ruined lives will more than offset your “quick fix” for the Fed coffers by legalizing drugs.”
by your measure, then we should reinstate prohibition as alcohol causes more health and societal problems than marijuana.
indigo
February 7th, 2013
12:45 pm
Morality – 12:39
Surprise!!!
For different reasons, I too am totaly against the legalization of marijuana.
We all know that 50% of all FATAL car crashes are alcohol related. Imagine adding to that a country full of stoned drivers.
I for one don’t want to add another worry to my driving by having to be constantly alert to stoned drivers, in addtion to the drunk, texting and just plain bad drivers.
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 7th, 2013
12:47 pm
““All the young that I know realise that hope of getting a good job are slim to none.””
maybe you should stop hanging out with 14-year olds … all the 20-somethings I know either have jobs or are in good internships
USinUK - former Girl Scout
February 7th, 2013
12:48 pm
“I for one don’t want to add another worry to my driving by having to be constantly alert to stoned drivers”
yeah. because there aren’t ANY on the roads now
Morality?
February 7th, 2013
12:48 pm
Kamchuck – Why are you discriminating against Prez Obama by leaving him out of your “coke head” label for Presidents? As he openly admitted he “experimented” with weed, croke, and other drugs? If we had drug tested for Prez candidates would Obama have passed? Why don’t we do systematic drug testing for Congress and the Prez; as our National Security is at risk with potential drug addicts in charge?
Cheesy Grits is gone but not forgotten
February 7th, 2013
12:48 pm
The only education level that Romney won was college graduates. It is interesting that Dems would make fun of Republicans intelligence for three reason.
People with advanced degrees overwhelming voted for Obama.
And states with higher percentage of college grads all went to Obama
Case closed.
Butch Cassidy (I)
February 7th, 2013
12:49 pm
Morality – “Obama’s “culture” and Hollyweird are leading our YOUTH to drug addiction and heart ache. I say it is YOU promoters of drug use that HATE and want to poison the YOUTH of America for your GREED.”
Wow, you must really be pissed at the Jack Daniels people.
Regnad Kcin
February 7th, 2013
12:49 pm
“Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
Then they’ll realize that the dem party is the party of waste…
Haliburton says, “What?”
The trillion dollar stimulus waste says, “What”?”
CC – not everyone would agree that the Bush stimulus was “waste.”
Christian Conservative
February 7th, 2013
12:50 pm
GT
C. Conservative you are working those generalities again. There is a few thousand lives wasted on your special interest wars that you send our boys and now the ladies to fight. Your drug war has cost us billions with a big zero on the score board, now unlike how you people waste money running losing campaigns. Save the waste comments you are looking foolish again old boy.
I realize sometimes reality is a hard pill to swallow for you loony libs but its a fact that much of gubmint waste is attributed to dem policies. Now settle down little fella and clear that keyboard of the foam your spewing and make some sense man….
DannyX
February 7th, 2013
12:50 pm
“Wow, you must really be pissed at the Jack Daniels people.”
And the pharmaceutical companies.
Regnad Kcin
February 7th, 2013
12:51 pm
“Drugs alter the long term genetic structure of the body and mind. Autism, auto immune diseases….”
Whew, Morality – it seems you’ve had some VERY bad drug experiences. My sympathy.
alittlecommonsense
February 7th, 2013
12:51 pm
Cheesy says – “The more educated a person. The more likely the vote Democratic”
Wrong. The people who support this usually look at things on a state by state level. I.E. they make the assumption that every person in Georgia voted Republican. Very sloppy statistically.
Republicans have higher IQ’s -
http://anepigone.blogspot.com/2008/11/politics-and-iq-conservative-democrats.html
Education is about the same depending on what you are looking at – i.e. non H.S. graduates and post-grad both tend to go to Democrat. So it is difficult to “average” the data. Note the following link is “whites only” and would probably tilt a little more toward Republicans if all races were considered.
http://andrewgelman.com/2012/03/voting-patterns-of-americas-whites-from-the-masses-to-the-elites/
Republicans are FAR more knowledgeable about politics and history -
http://gulagbound.com/35139/republicans-more-educated-informed-higher-political-iq-per-liberal-pew-poll/
GT
February 7th, 2013
12:52 pm
Madmax I think Obama will go down as one of the greatest presidents ever. I like the responsibility he has to take it is like saying I won the Super Bowl and was MVP.
The right has ruin this economy and tried to hang that on O. He was too busy swimming and not drowning in the first term but now he has started chasing Wall Street like he is chasing these terrorist. He appointed White head of SEC, he has a consumer czar going after the banks, and he is redirecting the charge to where the real problems are. Government spending only skyrocketed settling eight long years of Bush’s accounts unattended. O has taken the rights full measure and is forcing them to change, that is how we measure a president. And illegal immigrants are better served today as we all are. You couldn’t beat him then and you won’t beat him now and when the propaganda dies from the right and a clear picture is drawn it will be also clear he saved your and my bacon. I say thank you so much Mr. President for being the only adult in the room.
DannyX
February 7th, 2013
12:52 pm
“I realize sometimes reality is a hard pill to swallow for you loony libs but its a fact that much of gubmint waste is attributed to dem policies.”
Does anyone know when Chip Rogers starts his new job?
Peadawg
February 7th, 2013
12:52 pm
Kamspam’s livin’ in the past.
**in b4 peapup comeback**
Christian Conservative
February 7th, 2013
12:52 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
The trillion dollar stimulus waste says, “What”?
Bush’s 2008 stimulus says, “What?”
Reality to libs says, “What”?
That was obama’s stimulus… Now put your dunce hat on and get in the corner…
Morality?
February 7th, 2013
12:53 pm
Indigo – Don’t you just love it when someone says drug addicts are already on the roads killing people? Don’t these morons realize that if weed is legalized there will be even MORE on the roads killing people – not to mention in the job place.
DannyX
February 7th, 2013
12:55 pm
“I realize sometimes reality is a hard pill to swallow for you loony libs but its a fact that much of gubmint waste is attributed to dem policies.”
Speaking of swallowing pills, did the Republicans ever come up with a plan to fund their socialist Medicare Part D drug plan?
Regnad Kcin
February 7th, 2013
12:55 pm
“Drugs alter the long term genetic structure of the body and mind. Autism, auto immune diseases….”
Morality, please, do tell us more about the “genetic structure of the mind”.
Madmax
February 7th, 2013
12:55 pm
GT – all I can say is WOW. I’ve so misjudged the president. Thank you for letting me see the light.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 7th, 2013
12:56 pm
That was obama’s stimulus… Now put your dunce hat on and get in the corner…
Obama wasn’t sworn in until Jan 20, 2009, sport.
Christian Conservative
February 7th, 2013
12:57 pm
Cheesy Grits is gone but not forgotten
People with advanced degrees overwhelming voted for Obama.
And states with higher percentage of college grads all went to Obama
Case closed.
Do you have data to back that up or you just pulled that out of thin air? No accurate number could be determined on who voted for who but its pretty obvious that the poor and uneducated overwhelmingly voted for obama….
Butch Cassidy (I)
February 7th, 2013
12:57 pm
Morality – “Don’t these morons realize that if weed is legalized there will be even MORE on the roads killing people”
Soooo…..by your logic, someone who has never smoked weed, will suddenly start smoking weed on a daily basis because it’s legal? I hate to tell you, the peole who like to smoke weed are already doing it. The people who don’t care for it aren’t suddenly going to start. It’s not like weed is really hard to get in this day and age.
Regnad Kcin
February 7th, 2013
12:58 pm
“Bush’s 2008 stimulus says, “What?”
Reality to libs says, “What”?
That was obama’s stimulus… Now put your dunce hat on and get in the corner…”
Yeah, because Obama was President in 2008. *sigh*
GT
February 7th, 2013
12:58 pm
C. Comservative I voted for a Republican in the last four years have you voted for a Democrat. I know the answer but why am I a liberal just because the truth is what I vote for? If the cure of our problem, you thinking I am a luny just call me Tick, whatever but funny how we keep winning.
DannyX
February 7th, 2013
12:58 pm
“I realize sometimes reality is a hard pill to swallow for you loony libs but its a fact that much of gubmint waste is attributed to dem policies.”
Speaking of waste, did the Republicans ever come up with a plan to fund their stupid and wasteful Iraq war? That’ll be about a trillion dollars, cha ching!
Who would Jesus shock and awe?
Aquagirl
February 7th, 2013
1:01 pm
Don’t these morons realize that if weed is legalized there will be even MORE on the roads killing people – not to mention in the job place.
Oh lawdy, stoners everywhere! Hide your Cheetos!
In actual real science world—you can stop reading now, Morality—-the evil gub’mint is working on a test that could determine how long ago you smoked pot. I think if we could set a standard time then it could remove the OMG KILLER DOPEHEADS argument.
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/180490/states-developing-a-marijuana-breathalyzer-for-stoned-driving/
Of course people who are worried about bad driving due to drug-related genetic switcharoonies will never be happy. They’ll start screaming OMG KILLER MUTANTS.
Morality?
February 7th, 2013
1:02 pm
I Q CHART ……… Brain Surgeon, Rocket Scientist, Stock Market Guru, Biochemical Engineer, CPA, Electrician, Plumber, “Educator in the Public School System”, >>>>>>>>> Congress >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BRAIN DEAD ZOMBIES THAT VOTED OBAMA.
Joe Hussein Mama
February 7th, 2013
1:03 pm
B. Cassidy — “Wow, you must really be pissed at the Jack Daniels people.”
I am, but only because they cut the strength of JD to 80 proof.
DannyX
February 7th, 2013
1:03 pm
“Do you have data to back that up or you just pulled that out of thin air?”
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president
Post Grads
Obama 55%
Romney 42%
Morality?
February 7th, 2013
1:04 pm
IQ CHART continued >>>>>>>>>>>>> Kcin.
GT
February 7th, 2013
1:04 pm
Madmax you were wrong along with Morris, Karl Rove and FOX, how do yall miss the target so badly? Is it you are blind to what the other half of the world is doing, like minorities and women? Are you going to go the rest of your life not knowing the rest of the story, because if you do every day will seem like the first Tuesday of Nov. 2012, enjoy. But O will pull you through so hang in there.
DannyX
February 7th, 2013
1:04 pm
“I am, but only because they cut the strength of JD to 80 proof.”
I stopped buying it because of that, JD used to be my favorite.
Butch Cassidy (I)
February 7th, 2013
1:05 pm
Morality – “I Q CHART ……… Brain Surgeon, Rocket Scientist, Stock Market Guru, Biochemical Engineer, CPA, Electrician, Plumber, “Educator in the Public School System”, >>>>>>>>> Congress ”
Sweet, my dad and I made 2nd and 3rd on your chart. Although, as an Aerospace Engineer, I would have ranked him higher than me. He designed missle systems for over 30 years whereas I, as a broker, simply made money off of the buying and selling of money. Thanks for the props Chief.
Morality?
February 7th, 2013
1:06 pm
HAVE A GOOD DAY! ( smiley face patent applied for )
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 7th, 2013
1:08 pm
I stopped buying it because of that, JD used to be my favorite.
George Dickel ivory label is better.
Christian Conservative
February 7th, 2013
1:08 pm
Regnad Kcin
“Bush’s 2008 stimulus says, “What?”
Reality to libs says, “What”?
That was obama’s stimulus… Now put your dunce hat on and get in the corner…”
Yeah, because Obama was President in 2008. *sigh*
Wow you fruits are totally lost… obama and the dem controlled Congress passed the stimulus waste… Google is your friend…. Now u go stand in the dunce corner….
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29231790/ns/politics-white_house/t/obama-stimulus-lets-americans-claim-destiny/
DannyX
February 7th, 2013
1:08 pm
“HAVE A GOOD DAY!”
Good idea, you and Christian Conservative are getting your butts kicked.
Morality?
February 7th, 2013
1:08 pm
P.S. Don’t hate the 1 % – Obama is a member.
philosopher
February 7th, 2013
1:10 pm
” Don’t these morons realize that if weed is legalized there will be even MORE on the roads killing people – not to mention in the job place.”
Not really…the few who don’t stay home munching happily and contemplating a peaceful future would simply mozey along the roads a little slower, not engage themselves in road rage, and occasionally might wait for a stop sign to turn green…otherwise, they would be hardly detectable from the texters on the highway now.
Christian Conservative
February 7th, 2013
1:11 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
That was obama’s stimulus… Now put your dunce hat on and get in the corner…
Obama wasn’t sworn in until Jan 20, 2009, sport.
You may want to do some research sport…..
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29231790/ns/politics-white_house/t/obama-stimulus-lets-americans-claim-destiny/#.URPtfB0eiSo
Regnad Kcin
February 7th, 2013
1:12 pm
“IQ CHART continued >>>>>>>>>>>>> Kcin.”
Thanks, Morality. I’ll consider it a badge of honor.
Christian Conservative
February 7th, 2013
1:13 pm
I’m amazed looking through these posts at how stupid liberal truly are… They think Bush signed the stimulus bill! Hilarious….
Marty Huggins'
February 7th, 2013
1:13 pm
Morality?
February 7th, 2013
12:39 pm
So we are all to assume you are “straight edge” as in you don’t consume any alcohol or drugs.
However from your pedestal may I ask do you drink coffee? How about soda?
Have you ever had surgery? How did you deal with the pain after the surgery?
What about during the surgery? Did you watch them do it?
If by any chance you have engaged of the use of any of these “drugs”
May i ask why you are choosing to, do all of the above you have mentioned to your body?
Also why should the drugs you use should be legal but pot can’t be in your eyes?
Joe Hussein Mama
February 7th, 2013
1:15 pm
K’Chak — “George Dickel ivory label is better.”
May I introduce you to Gentleman Jack?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman_Jack
While it is also 80 proof, the difference between it and the standard black label Jack is night and day, IMO. GJ gets a second trip through the charcoal column and my goodness, it is SMOOTH.
alex
February 7th, 2013
1:15 pm
I believe that Granny proposed that post grad degrees make one more tolerant and by implication more liberal and thus vote more De. I wonder dear AARP member if you have ever been in on a tenure committee meeting? I believe it is also possible that the insular academic community is highly intolerant of opposing opinions. I think that if the statisticians evaluated the economic implications of a lawyer or professor voying repub there might be some interesting implications. Could this be another example of noise? Mabye, mabye not. Methinks there is more to the data than just sweeping generalizations, So, Jay and Granny should we accept these poorly constructed graphs and charts or should we use a bayesian analytical approach . But it’s eassier to understand what we already believe……..
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 7th, 2013
1:15 pm
President Bush Signs H.R. 5140, the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
Bush’s 2008 stimulus says, “What?”
Christian Conservative
February 7th, 2013
1:16 pm
DannyX
“HAVE A GOOD DAY!”
Good idea, you and Christian Conservative are getting your butts kicked.
I guess you were the little kid on the playground that gets beat up and runs home to tell mommy that you outta see the other kids fist though…..
Vet
February 7th, 2013
1:16 pm
Democrats won th election but they don’t enjoy it for the hate that they carry for Republicans ! Young people will look at other views when they can’t find jobs as unemployment remains as it is now.!
Joe Hussein Mama
February 7th, 2013
1:18 pm
CC — “I’m amazed looking through these posts at how stupid liberal truly are… They think Bush signed the stimulus bill! Hilarious….”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Stimulus_Act_of_2008
Christian Conservative
February 7th, 2013
1:19 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 7th, 2013
1:15 pm
President Bush Signs H.R. 5140, the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
Bush’s 2008 stimulus says, “What?”
This is a tax break dunce… obama signed the $800-1.2 trillion stimulus waste that has our budgets ballooning… That’s a fact…. Look at the link… Arguing with you dense people is like arguing with a stop sign… Inform yourself man….
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 7th, 2013
1:19 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
I haven’t tried the Gentleman Jack, but I have shared a sip or two of the Tennessee Honey with my nephew. Not real fond of the sweetness. If I’m in the mood for sour mash, I go for the Dickel, but I may have to try the GJ.
Regnad Kcin
February 7th, 2013
1:20 pm
“President Bush Signs H.R. 5140, the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
Bush’s 2008 stimulus says, “What?””
==================================
No need to add Kcin>>>>>>>Morality? LOL!!
Christian Conservative
February 7th, 2013
1:22 pm
The stupidity of libs…. Arguing a $300 rebate check sent from Bush compared to a trillion dollar stimulus package signed by obama… Amazing….
Marty Huggins'
February 7th, 2013
1:23 pm
For the record morality……
When it comes to driving I have had the pleasure of riding both with drunk drivers and high drivers.
Would always prefer a sober driver but if I gots to choose between the two……
I’ll go with the hi driver. They obey every law ( it’s the paranoia) and unless you have somewhere to be in a hurry you’re good. Hi drivers go slower and tend to make more pit stops in my experience (it’s the munchies).
Drunk drivers are just out of control go fast stop fast and swerve too.
But it is becoming very obvious you have not spent much time with petiole who only smoke weed and don’t engage in other hallucinogens. Because you seem to have the hippie burn out 60s charecter. When in reality it’s your dentist, or a teacher at the local school, it’s the businessman and the forewoman.
Also don’t know what pot heads you hang around but all the ones I’ve ever known ain’t trying to go anywhere when they are hi.
philosopher
February 7th, 2013
1:24 pm
There are some folks here today that could really benefit from a toke or two…just sayin’
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 7th, 2013
1:26 pm
SHEETZ
appleseed
February 7th, 2013
1:27 pm
Butch you are on a roll today.Keep it up.Bringing back the post of TD,CC et al akin to blasphemy.Must be slow in,around city.
HDB
February 7th, 2013
1:27 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/23/opinion/martin-gop-black-voters/index.html
Regnad Kcin
February 7th, 2013
1:27 pm
“The stupidity of libs…. Arguing a $300 rebate check sent from Bush compared to a trillion dollar stimulus package signed by obama… Amazing….”
CC – words mean things. When you say something, all we have to go by are the words you say – we can’t see the movie (or whatever) going on in your head (thank gods).
Try saying what you mean, instead of saying something untrue, and then getting angry because you have to backtrack to what you meant.
td
February 7th, 2013
1:34 pm
Have not had time to read the entire blog today but I would like to mention the following. The youth vote has historically voted democratic (Reagan 2nd term and GHWB the only anomaly) because they think they can save the world and believe that government can be used to save the world. When a group gets older (and I say wiser), start having responsibilities and start building wealth then they start to become more conservative in thinking.
Let us take 1976 for instance: The 18-29 group in that Presidential election turned out (32% of the electorate) and voted for the Democratic candidate 54% to 46% for a plus 9 in the Democratic favor. This same group in 2012 mainly fit in the 65 plus category and they voted for Romney 56% to 44% advantage or plus 12 advantage for the Republican.
http://partisanid.blogspot.com/2012/11/2012-youth-vote-anomaly-or-permanent.html
Moderate Line
February 7th, 2013
1:43 pm
Cheesy Grits is gone but not forgotten
February 7th, 2013
12:48 pm
People with advanced degrees overwhelming voted for Obama.
Advance degrees only accounts for 18% of the vote. Since Obama received approximately 50% of the vote. Advance degrees only account for about 19.8% of Obama’s vote total. He also won those with a high school diploma. High school and some college.
And states with higher percentage of college grads all went to Obama.
That still doesn’t change the fact that somebody with a college education regardless of state is more likely to vote Republican. Someone who attended college is more likely to vote Republican.
The least educated people tend to vote Democrat. The most educated people tend to vote Democrat. Those in the middle tend to vote Republican.
Case not closed.
alex
February 7th, 2013
1:44 pm
Please, no more “SPORT” from either side, unless your wearing a turtleneck shirt and lifting a glass of champagne , while riding a polo pony on the green turf in Bermuda….
alex
February 7th, 2013
1:51 pm
Since, I suspect, lawyers make up a high % of the post graduate vote, I have a difficult time equating intelligence with voting Dem. Or, to be a little less cynical,I suspect that a lawyer voting Dem has more to do with their economic interests than their educational level (any tort reform in Obamacare? I think not)
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
February 7th, 2013
2:02 pm
Please, no more “SPORT” from either side…
No, sport.
Carlos
February 7th, 2013
2:40 pm
Isn’t know that young people tend to be more liberal and progressive thinking while older people are more conservative and traditional. Thats why colleges are dominated with liberals and talk radio is dominated by conservative pundits. I mean who still listens to AM radio.
Uh Huh...
February 7th, 2013
3:18 pm
@Christian Conservative
February 7th, 2013
1:22 pm
The stupidity of libs…. Arguing a $300 rebate check sent from Bush compared to a trillion dollar stimulus package signed by obama… Amazing….
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Whose stupidity?
Be careful of the stones you throw.
Republicans Loved Stimulus When Bush Was in the White House
President Bush lauded the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 for providing “a booster shot for our economy … [putting] money back into the hands of American workers and businesses.” Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and John Boehner (R-OH) as well as Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) all seemed to agree, as did nearly 200 other Republican members of Congress that voted in support of the bill.
And just in case you thought President George W. Bush’s stimulus bill was simply a bunch of TAX CUTS, it also included $40 billion in DIRECT SPENDING. The legislation was even called the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.
Cons are HYPOCRITES AND JUST AS STUPID.
JKL2
February 7th, 2013
3:32 pm
The party of handouts is winning the hearts and minds of the fat, lazy, spoiled, under-educated, selfish, attention deficit suffering children they were able to indoctrinate the few years they were forced to attend school before dropping out.
Yawn…didn’t see that one coming.
JKL2
February 7th, 2013
3:41 pm
Uh Huh- Whose stupidity? Be careful of the stones you throw. Republicans Loved Stimulus When Bush Was in the White House
Outside of Med-D, the worst thing Bush did in the White House.
Demwits like to call Bush the “worst president ever” but stand and applaud when obama does the exact same thing Bush did in even greater fashion.
Liberals are HYPOCRITES AND JUST AS STUPID
Meh. Just another commentor
February 7th, 2013
4:32 pm
Young people are trending quite socially libertarian, which makes the Republican party quite unpalatable.
Why? It’s brand of ‘conservatism’ is too quasi-religious and its economics seem to reward corruption.
If the Republic party wants to do well with young people, then they need to keep 3 things in mind:
1. Personal liberty. You can’t claim you’re for less government if you want drug laws that do aways with probably cause and due process and fingers in every vagina in every doctor’s office. Young people view the GOP’s ‘personal freedoms/small government/government out of my life’ line as completely laughable because of so called ‘cultural’ issues like the above. Young people also perceive that GOP support for spying on everyone and draconian punishments for things like lying on a website signup form are in this category.
2. Science is not voodoo. Young people live in a world of technology and science. In a world where science can use environmental factors to evolve changes and traits in a laboratory a party that keeps pushing anti-science thinly veiled religious dogma into schools can’t be seen as anything but ludicrous. It also undermines national security and competitiveness on the international stage – considering how ‘controversial’ evolution, environmental/health protection, and global warming are, it’s no wonder there’s a shortage of scientists and engineers.
3. The economics of government entanglement with Wall Street. Young people readily perceive that Republicans want to reward Wall Street for an astounding level of corruption that tanked the national economy, and dislike the ‘corporations are people’ type lines and legalities. Young people want a competitive free market without onerous regulation. But they think that means there should be clear and simple rules that don’t reward unscrupulous behavior or give businesses too much say in writing laws. IP issues are also in this category. Young people want to make YouTube videos, not read about how Disney paid off the government to buy another ‘Mickey Mouse’ copyright extension. In young people’s minds, the ‘free market’ is really a conglomeration of business and government trending towards collusion and corruption.
A good example of an issue that hits #1, #2 and #3 is Internet gambling – a corporate interest (land based casinos) has combined with morality zealots (gambling haters) to destroy a personal liberty (gambling on the Internet) in violation of free market principals, all while omitting any legislation of similarly addictive online games, and in general, with complete avoidance of any scientific research evaluating the supposed ‘problem’.
Quite frankly young people aren’t not so much Democrats (who they don’t agree with so much as merely find not utterly horrifying) as they are scared of a Republican party that is perceived, more or less correctly, as an amalgamation of racists, misogynists, gay haters, religious zealots, science haters, and corrupt businessmen who all want to look out for their short term obsessions instead of the country’s welfare. Witness the popularity of people like Ron Paul with many young people, who they often incorrectly perceive as being in line with views along the lines of points 1, 2, and 3 above.
Unfortunately this does not seem likely to change.
Tom Middleton
February 7th, 2013
6:51 pm
Jay, it used to be the young could be counted on not to show up and vote. But see what happens when they do? They got the president they wanted!!!!
Just saying
February 7th, 2013
10:00 pm
Ron Paul attracted nearly 10,000 to hear him speak at UC Berkeley. Multiple thousands at UCLA and the same was repeated at colleges all over the country. The young want to hear the message of liberty and freedom, not dependency (as the democrats espouse) or crony capitalism and endless war (as the republicans promote). If the republicans and democrats hadn’t conspired to prevent 3rd parties from getting on the ballot in most states, they both would already be in the dustbin of history. Liberty and freedom have a universal appeal, and neither of the two major parties are promoting either (and even if they give lip service, their totalitarian voting records reveal the truth)>
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2:58 pm
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Zak
February 10th, 2013
3:59 pm
The youth (and I’m one of them) are becoming more and more liberal. Republicans can’t survive much longer if it sticks to the current path its on (appealing to the far right wackos). They’re doing it now because they cant win elections without the enthusiasm of their base (who are old and white). But those voters will die out from age soon while America continues to become more diverse and liberal on many policies. Many Republicans see what I see. Their extinction is not far away if they dont move to the center. Theyre trying to at least make baby steps (immigration reform) in that direction. But thats still not enough.