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JI7

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13. this is not true. people say this because of White Voters in the US

Reply to dlk (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:23 AM

Jun 2018

who have largely turned republican. but that has to do with their fear of losing privilege .

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Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Don't Survive to Become Seniors [View all] gollygee Jun 2018 OP

People, in General, Tend to Grow More Conservative as They Age dlk Jun 2018 #1

Not me ... If anything, I've gotten more liberal the older I get. Ohiogal Jun 2018 #5

Same here Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #15

I've found I've become more conservative as I age DBoon Jun 2018 #6

"Conservative" seniors these days are willing to blow the whole thing up deurbano Jun 2018 #11

I've never been more liberal than I am now. defacto7 Jun 2018 #7

My grandmother was just the opposite Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #8

this is not true. people say this because of White Voters in the US JI7 Jun 2018 #13

Not I. I was simply a liberal a decade ago, I appreciate some of the ideas of Marx today. ck4829 Jun 2018 #17

You realize as you get older that you are on a fixed income that tRump et al are threatening to take MiniMe Jun 2018 #2

I'm one of those seniors who has gotten PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #3

Seniors are liberals tooooooooooo. Iliyah Jun 2018 #4

K & R SunSeeker Jun 2018 #9

I've always been very liberal politically, Greybnk48 Jun 2018 #10

When I was young I was liberal. Now that I'm old, I'm even more liberal. Stonepounder Jun 2018 #12

The last thirty years have turned me into a Leveler. byronius Jun 2018 #14

The greatest percent of poor is still white, and most vote republican... beachbum bob Jun 2018 #16

If race determined voting, okay. Igel Jun 2018 #18

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