How radically will the Republican Party change because of aging membership in the next two decades?
Blogcritics readers are familiar primarily with my political commentary, but likely only peripherally aware that I also work as a political consultant. One part of that work is issue and candidate polling carried out through my firm Azimuth Research Group. We've been polling very actively during this period leading into the 2012 election and all of our polls include general control questions which are not the primariy focus of the poll but can provide useful demographic information to put results in perspective. Since most of our polls are of Republican voters, over time these demographic questions provide us with a useful snapshot of the GOP membership.…
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26 - roger nowosielski
@24
But not insurmountable.
27 - Dr Dreadful
I would call that a pretty significant difference.
Perhaps, Jordan.
But since both entities also tend to agree that Bogeyman A and Bogeyman B are in each other's pockets, we would seem to have one more commonality.
28 - Cindy
#13
Waiting for Dave to respond to this.
29 - Cindy
My sister-in-law is visiting from Georgia. It is clear from talking to her that anyone who isn't rich is lazy. Black people are lazier than white people and their problem is that they have been pampered by gov't programs, like, for instance the post office which somehow was started to benefit them. (???? I would ask, but every time she opens her mouth my tongue gets a little shorter.) But she has black friends (she even calls them 'my black girlfriend') so, I am to take it she is not prejudiced, her criticisms are valid and not motivated by racism.
(If I bite my tongue too many more times I will have to learn to speed type.)
30 - Cindy
Oh, I forgot to mention that she is a Republican. She says agrees with the Republican thinking on everything.
So, Dave, I guess Republicans aren't racists, it's just that racists are highly attracted to their values and beliefs.
31 - Cindy
Oh, one more thing. Hallefuckinglujiah that Republicans are dying out.
32 - Dr Dreadful
Cindy, there are ignorant people everywhere and they put their check marks in all kinds of strange boxes.
It's the "I'm all right, Jack" attitude that's so galling in the case of your sister-in-law.
33 - Arch Conservative
I'm making the world's smallest violin motion with my left hand just for you Cindy.
Your sister-in-law probably spent today telling her friends how she had to visit with her insufferable sister-in-law who went on and on about how unfair life was and how everyone with a dollar more in their pocket than her was an evil, greedy, corrupt, rich fat cat with absolutely no morals and how her failure to obtain even a modicum degree of success and/or happiness was due to these ammoral sobs who had kept her down her whole life.
34 - Clavos
...Republicans are dying out.
I don't think so, Cindy.
35 - roger nowosielski
You're right, they're not, especially if by the R-name you're referring to the crackers, but that's the peculiarity of the "American spirit."
We both agree, I suppose, that conservatism, as a purely intellectual stance and position, is foreign to the American psyche, almost by definition. It's not in the beast. Consequently, whatever comes across as approximating a conservative position has got to be emotional in make up.
But that's true of most politics and political stances, ain't that so?
36 - Arch Conservative
wtf are you talking about Roger?
37 - roger nowosielski
Sorry, I spoke in code.
38 - Glenn Contrarian
Roger #35 -
Interesting comment. I'll have to think on that a while.
Arch - that's the difference between thee and me. All of us have a natural tendency to reject things that are not in our worldview, but some of us do so a lot more than others.
39 - roger nowosielski
@38
The following discussion, see points 10 through 12, sort of explains where I'm coming from, Glenn.
40 - Mickey Adkins
We older folks MUST start YOUNG REPUBLICANS groups all over this country to share our world view of POLITICAL and PERSONAL FREEDOM with the younger people before it is too late. From these groups we can find new, young Conservative candidates for office. Our young people learn to be Progressives/Socialists/Communists/Marxists from their college professors and movies/TV ... we MUST find ways to counteract that influence!!!
We are coming in “late to this party” so-to-speak... the Progressives/Socialists/Communist/Marxists have had a plan in place to capture the minds of our children for several decades and they have done a good job of it, but... WE CANNOT GIVE UP ... WE MUST CATCH UP!!!
41 - John
To say "This suggests that for the younger generation of Republicans social issues are an absolute non-priority," is untrue, because you asked individuals to give their top priority. What the survey shows is that none of the younger group rate social issues at the top. It is an incorrect conclusion to say that these are non-issues to them.