Does some magical transformation happen when you turn 18?
I agree that young adults are more idealistic and seniors more realistic. The seniors are also from a different time. The ones to come in the next couple decades might be voting quite differently, having grown up around larger government.
The reality is that we are changing demographically, which has electoral consequences. By 2042 half of the population of this country will be minorities as defined by the USG. By 2019 half of the children 18 and under will be minorities. Each year that a cohort turns 18 means another infusion of Dem voters and each cohort will be more Dem than the previous one. It is interesting to note that whites 18-29 voted for Romney 51% to 44%. Blacks of the same age group voted 93% to 6% for Obama as did Latinos 74% to 23%.
This is happening while whites become a smaller percentage of the population and die off removing Rep voters. Add to that the 1.2 million LEGAL immigrants we bring in each year, 87% of them minorities as defined by the USG. They vote Dem by more than two to one. Is it any wonder the Reps are panicked?
How you vote also doesn’t necessarily indicate critical thinking skills. Some just vote R or D because they have their whole lives.
Voting and party identification are largely similar to religion. You inherit it. The fact is that we are entering a era of political tribalism with groups voting on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and religion. In 1970 whites comprised 89% of the population. Today it is 66% and will continue to decline. I doubt we will ever see another Rep in the WH for a very, very long time. The Dems are fast becoming the permanent majority party. By 2050 the demographics of the US will resemble the California of today. It is inevitable.
Children as in young children. Obviously you change over time, no reason to pose a ridiculous question.
The rest of your post I’m in agreement. Demographics is destiny. Hopefully Hispanics and Asians wake up. If not, we are in serious trouble.
(off topic) Are you a Marine?
It’s not inevitable.
We can #1 stop all immigration and send back those who are not yet citizens.(Dont ask me how, but the coming economic collapse may play a part. Maybe they won’t want to come here any more for a while?)
#2 Whites, Christians, and conservatives start having large families again. Don’t say you can’t afford it. accept a lower standard of living (you don’t have to have granite countertops and custom draperies). Start backyard gardening, etc. Don’t plan on sending your kids to college. Homeschool, then do a couple of years of junior college locally. Kids work their way thru if they really want to. Grandparents who are conservative, get involved with your kids and grandkids. Help teach, help garden, teach the old skills.
I believe the coming economic collapse will bring terrible, terrible hardship, but may be the opening we need to turn things around. Things happening in Cyprus are just the beginning of the domino. If the Christian conservatives can survive all that,(without our government turning the US into a complete NK police state) we can rebuild with more freedom after the chaos dies down.
If it all collapses, we MUST dismantle the public school system. return it to local and family control, and make the only mandate that they teach TRUE American history. Teach kids to once again be proud of America, the true godly, God Fearing, hardworking, freedom loving America, not the depraved, greedy America we have become or the “oppresive” America that the Marxists have made up and teach kids about now.
We also need a new party. If what you say is true, the Republican brand may have been forever tainted. We need a new name that depicts our real principles.
The old, 50 state US may not survive, but maybe after the collapse there will be several smaller versions of the old America.
I’m not preaching at you Kabar. I agree it is almost inevitable. I need to preach to myself so I don’t totally give up hope.