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GulfCoast66

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6. We are a fact based community

Reply to Me. (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 23, 2017, 11:04 PM

Apr 2017

Older people backed Trump overwhelmingly more than any other group.

Refraining from mentioning it does not make that fact go away. It is the truth. Had people 60 plus voted like other demographics Trump would not be president.

As a upper middle class WASP over 50 I am a rareity not having voted from Trump.

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Political polarisation has grown most among the old [View all] applegrove Apr 2017 OP

Yes. It's not social media that is polarizing us - it's Fox and conserv. radio sharedvalues Apr 2017 #1

They add to the problem GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #2

And that's who conservative media makes money from. sharedvalues Apr 2017 #4

Crazy right wing foundations... GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #5

There Seems To Be A Dangerous Trend Towards Blaming The Seniors Me. Apr 2017 #3

We are a fact based community GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #6

There Has Been A Lot Of That Lately Me. Apr 2017 #7

Guess I am not following you. GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #9

Demonstrably so here. DU skews old and it's obvious in the bitter Bernie-hate posts Arazi Apr 2017 #8

That's kind of funny frazzled Apr 2017 #10

"will leave the whole country looking like Florida" - we're gonna get alligators with the seniors? PoliticAverse Apr 2017 #11