[ansel12]

You need to reread post 28, the youth vote did not become democrat until 1992.

[mellow velo]

I think a possible reason why it took several decades after the 60's for the youth vote to fall solidly in the Democrat column was that over the years, those 60's radicals were now holding positions of influence (teachers, media, etc.).

Instead of their liberal opinion(s) only leading to one vote ... their own ... their misguidedness was able to be leveraged to indoctrinate the generations that followed.