Do you honestly believe Obama has a chance in 2012?

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Armads said:

Rath said:

I always thought the way it went was that young people are generally more liberal but by the time they are old the same ideas they had as youth are considered more conservative.

That's just a stereotype.  Actually between '97-'00 41% of people 65 Identified as democrat while 50% of democrats surveyed as liberal.  These are old numbers and political landscapes do change over time (in '77 51% of the public identified as Democrat) but they're not that old, and they debunk that old myth that "once they're out of their college experimental phase they'll get more conservative" charade.

 

Conservatives Maintain Edge as Top Ideological Group

Compared with 2008, more Americans "conservative" in general, and on issues

by Lydia Saad

PRINCETON, NJ -- Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied with conservatives as the most prevalent group.

I think it is better to assign conservitive or Liberal instead of dem or repub