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Originally Posted by Solace
Spot on analysis. The Democrats already dominate the youth and minority votes, but polling shows women are now more likely to vote Democrat as well. That leaves a voting block for the GOP that is basically older white people, generally male. It should be no coincidence that this is also the general makeup of the party and their financiers. They're on borrowed time.
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I'm not sure, a lot of people switch to the republicans as they get older, and if anything, a lot of people are getting older. You could say that people are aging into the republicans.
Furthermore, older voters are a lot more reliable. Young voters are a lot more fickle, and will only vote if the feel like it. Furthermore, while we know that the youth of today will vote democrat, we don't know what the opinions of the youth will be 10 years from now, as currently they're all 9 or 10. The political landscape can easily change.
And the ideas of Ayn Rand are becoming increasingly popular among certain segments of the youth, making up a large contingent of the radical right in the Republican party.