The reason folks are running out of warm bodies for all of this are not particularly partisan ~ it's demographics. The baby boomers have already reached the age where they have enormous mortality rates, so you have to draw the new people from cohorts with many fewer members.
That means you gotta' bow and scrape to 20somethings and 30somethings. Tough for a lot of old timers ~ particularly those who have little sympathy for any group with a chronic unemployment problem (half of recent college graduates are unemployed nationwide).
One of the things we’re going to try to do here is have a mentor program. We are an older demographic, for sure, and we’ve been finding that the younger people are enthusiastic, but they are intimidated by the mere mention of the word “Politics.” So this year we are going to pair young people up with some of our more “seasoned” members. Hope it works!
Thanks for the congratulations. I ran against a Republican incumbent. He wasn’t acting like a Republican. Raised taxes three years in a row. And I beat him. Handily. I get sworn in on Tuesday and we have our first meeting right after that. I intend on keeping my piece of the world free with less government. I’ll let you know how it works out!
One of the things we’re going to try to do here is have a mentor program. We are an older demographic, for sure, and we’ve been finding that the younger people are enthusiastic, but they are intimidated by the mere mention of the word “Politics.” So this year we are going to pair young people up with some of our more “seasoned” members. Hope it works!
Thanks for the congratulations. I ran against a Republican incumbent. He wasn’t acting like a Republican. Raised taxes three years in a row. And I beat him. Handily. I get sworn in on Tuesday and we have our first meeting right after that. I intend on keeping my piece of the world free with less government. I’ll let you know how it works out!