Is this news? I was a liberal in my youth too. I grew up; now I’m not. A lot of these youth “alienated” from the GOP will change their minds once they start making decent money and feel the bite of the tax man.
“I was a liberal in my youth too. I grew up; now I’m not.”
Me too. I shudder to remember how I wore a “save the spotted owl” button while in Jr. High. I also put Greenpeace stickers on a bookshelf that I still haven’t been able to completely remove. I have to cover them with NRA stickers!
Polls like this are unsurprising. If anything, it’s a wonder any young people at all think favorably toward the GOP with the constant indoctrination from school and media.
marinamuffy
“change their minds once they start making decent money and feel the bite of the tax man.”
Don’t count on it! As a retired musician, I have many liberal friends. A few years ago I was talking with an old drummer friend about taxation. He’s 20 years younger than me. I asked him how much he made at his day job. He said, “I take home blah-blah dollars.” I told him I wasn’t asking how much he took home, I was asking how much he actually made. Totally confused him! I got him to look at the before taxes amount. Then I got him to carry a notebook, and write down and total up how much he paid in taxes on his everyday purchases plus the amount taken from his “true” paycheck. After a week, he was pretty freaked out!