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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Is that accurate though? I'd be curious to actually see data for it.
It seems more like increased young people are voting and more young people are always left leaning but that doesn't mean they are "moving further left"
What happen over time is that many of these young people shift right as they get older.
With an aging population, they may actually see more people shifting right as time goes on.
Maybe (hopefully) not by 2024; but things could be different 10-20 year from now, even if the new 20 year olds at the time are very left leaning.
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Well I mean shifting away from bat#### crazy racist/sexist/homophobic right
Young people of today are not just going change their minds when it comes to human rights as they get older. My point is the GOP will have to change their views on social issues at some point or its only going to get worse.
People under 30 are overwhelmingly pro choice for example and than is not going to change as they get older.
Also, religion will be less of a factor in the future as it has been in the past...how much of the republican vote is based on religious belief?
Church membership is strongly correlated with age, as 66% of traditionalists -- U.S. adults born before 1946 -- belong to a church, compared with 58% of baby boomers, 50% of those in Generation X and 36% of millennials.