Democratic Primaries

Fact check: are older Americans really more likely to vote Republican?

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2016/sep/23/older-americans-vote-republican-fact-check-election-2016

There's more than one factor that determines who an "older" voter will tend to go with. Long ago I heard that people tend to generally stick with the party that they voted for when they were younger. I've also read that it is not unusual for one generation to flip on the previous one and be more like their grandparents...maybe as the result of some kind of rebellion against their parents...I dunno. Those could also be political myths too for all I know.

Bottomline is that historical trends can be useful but they can sometimes also be misleading. Especially when you have an "aberration" (as Joe correctly called him) like Trump involved. Personally, I think Trump scares the living shit outta many older Americans...not to mention younger ones as well. And many middle-aged ones. And cats & dogs and birds & fish. If a person isn't scared by now they just ain't paying much attention...or are dumber than goldfish.