Older voters helped propel Republicans to sweeping victories Tuesday in Senate and gubernatorial races nationwide, according to exit polls from NBC News.
The disparity between the under-30 and over-60 was the widest it’s been in a decade, those polls found. The seniors comprised 37 percent of the electorate; young people made up 12 percent.
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That was even more extreme than 2010, another great Republican year, when the split was 32 percent over 60 and 12 percent under 30.
That analysis rang true for those supporting Democrats in key battleground states on Election Day. One source familiar with the Colorado Senate race told TPM on Tuesday that youth turnout there had been “pathetic.”
They’ll be gone soon enough, bless their hearts…
Thanks, Redditt.
I guess we need to let the kidz vote on Facebook.
Maybe reinstitute the draft, too, so they start paying attention, the way we did in the Sixties. It’s amazing how the thought of getting your ass shot can stimulate your interest in politics.
In other words, our parents’ generation continues to want to fuck us well into the future. Stay the course! Keep doing it and it will eventually have a different result, right?
Big shocker. The Republicans scared the hell out of old white people with EBOLA AND TURRISTS AND MOOZLUMZ, OH MY!!