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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
In reply to the discussion: I'm curious about the age demographics in this Group - please vote! [View all]Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)1. So I guess I'm the only under-25er here.
Oh, crap. You're probly talking about chronological age. I just had my 56th annual 14th birthday last month.
Anyway, isn't it always the role of the old folks to impart wisdom to youth?
There's a lot to be said for remembering the post-war optimism and Roosevelt's long shadow, despite all the problems of those days. Not to mention the hippie era, when we thought we could change the world (and in some measure accomplished that). Having been through all that gives you a different sort of consciousness if you have no direct memories of the world before Reagan.
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scarletwoman
Nov 2014
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The large 50+ age politically active block is believable. Heavy school-work-family decades of
appalachiablue
Nov 2014
#4
Wish I'd known of DU then or 2005. Better late than never though. I've heard other liberal,
appalachiablue
Nov 2014
#23
General annoyance? I was thinking major annoyance, but then field-grade officers always confused me.
Scuba
Nov 2014
#24
I was shocked in 2000 that the Democrats capitulated to the election theft.
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#49
There were liberal Republicans back in those days because liberalism was NORMAL.
scarletwoman
Nov 2014
#17
That was largely thanks to the DLC. However, it started before that, with McGovern's loss to Nixon.
scarletwoman
Nov 2014
#21
In some ways, it began with Nixon. Starting to privatize the Post Office, for example.
Jackpine Radical
Nov 2014
#46
Not really. If you compare the usernames of the votes for the Roosevelt option in the naming poll
scarletwoman
Nov 2014
#7
Every time there's been an age poll done in GD, the 45-55 age group has always been the largest.
scarletwoman
Nov 2014
#9
I was 51 in 2001 when I joined DU, probably not too long after you joined.
scarletwoman
Nov 2014
#54
A bit surprising. I'm 27, and much of the resistance I've run into has been from
UrbScotty
Nov 2014
#51