Probably we're also older on average and with higher SATs [like Bush vs. Kerry, only with a greater margin].
That's probably true. I supported Reagan and Bush through college in the 80s, and noticed the vitriol spewed against them in class but really it didn't register to me. I can't imagine a kid going through now with a 'toon bias to begin with.
I never took the SAT, but I did get a 38 on my ACT before they changed the scale in the early 90s. My guidance councellor cound't figure it out since I'd scored in the top 5% of my class but was only a low B/high C student, cept in math and science where I was an A++. heh.