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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
VERY interesting observation.
I was actually wondering if this was just my generation or is this a trend that has been happening since the beginning of time.
A lot of people my age (24) are liberal, and I always ask them why. The conclusions that I always come up with is that at younger ages social issues (abortion, same sex marrige) are deciding issues for most people, and most people my age tend to lean left.
I wonder if these people lean left on when it comes to the economy and justice (which in my opinion are the two most important)?
Lets leave the environment out of this one  |
I've always wondered that too. I actually put it up to education....from the informal friend surveys I've done I've found that those who didn't go to post secondary and entered the workforce after high school tended to be a little more right leaning. Those who went to post secondary (especially anyone who went into education) was really left wing. I have one side of my family (an aunt, an uncle, 2 cousins and their husbands) that are all teachers, and man o man do they ever lean left.
I've always wondered why that was, but never really put a lot of thought into it.