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There should have been a 12-17 catagory. I once received a friend request and when I checked their profile before accepting, they stated they were 12 yrs old. No thanks.
No wonder that this site leans so conservatively. Over half are 40 years and up.
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Eh, don't count me. I'm confused remember?
I'm with Catrick. I think the older ones who have responded tend to be among the more liberal members of this board. Several of us have noted how we became more liberal with age. I think that's because "cons" tend to see things in such a "black and white" perspective, and the older you get, the more you know that's not the way life is.
I'm with Catrick. I think the older ones who have responded tend to be among the more liberal members of this board. Several of us have noted how we became more liberal with age. I think that's because "cons" tend to see things in such a "black and white" perspective, and the older you get, the more you know that's not the way life is.
I see it exactly the opposite. I was quite liberal in my early years. Had a bad case of "save-the-world" idealism. As I got older I became more sensible and realistic--and thus more conservative. I don't think I am unique--in fact, I think I am more the norm. I am very moderate on many of today's issues but, on the whole, I stand firmly in the conservative camp.
I see it exactly the opposite. I was quite liberal in my early years. Had a bad case of "save-the-world" idealism. As I got older I became more sensible and realistic--and thus more conservative. I don't think I am unique--in fact, I think I am more the norm. I am very moderate on many of today's issues but, on the whole, I stand firmly in the conservative camp.
A number of us say we've gotten more liberal over the years. I saw that in my parents, too.
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Originally Posted by Hopes
I started out conservative and became more liberal throughout the years.
As a result, I'm one of those crucial Registered Republican Swing Voters.
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Originally Posted by plannine
A couple of years short of 60...........and more progressive then ever!
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I was raised in a very conservative household and stayed conservative for some time. I have gotten very liberal over the years, thankfully. I'm 40, btw.
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61 years young. I was quite conservative as a teen/very young adult, by the time of my first presidential election, I was a liberal Dem and voted for McGovern in 72. I've never voted for a Republican for pres, but have voted for them for other offices. (I did "cross over" and vote for John Anderson for pres in the 1980 Illinois primary.) I haven't always voted for the Dem candidate for pres. either. Back when CO only had a handful of electoral votes and no one cared about us, I voted for some 3rd party candidates.
Old enough to have grown out of my young liberal days. Older, wiser, and now a proud 38 year old conservative.
I was going to post something very similar.
I'm 58. I'm old enough to have grown out of my young liberal days, and also the following time period during which I flirted with conservatism (when I first started earning some decent money and was concerned only about me, me, me!).
I'm older, hopefully wiser, and proud to be back solidly in the liberal camp.
I am 40. I am having a hard time with this. I just feel so old.
Damn! I'm 45, and I DO feel a bit less....enthusiastic...when I get out of bed than I did 20 years ago. But, I have to keep up with my son, and that keeps me motivated. Youth is wasted on the young , don't you think? I cannot remember ever having had much of a 'liberal' view on anything, going back to when I started to from political opinions. My formative years came under Carter, so the latter viewpoint never had a chance, and never will.
A number of us say we've gotten more liberal over the years. I saw that in my parents, too.
I was thinking more of what I have observed IRL, not here on this forum. I've known a few people who were ultra-conservative in their early years--mostly from very strict, religious upbringings and became more liberal in their later years but I know far more who became sensible, practical conservatives or moderate/conservatives as they aged. Guess it works both ways.
I was thinking more of what I have observed IRL, not here on this forum. I've known a few people who were ultra-conservative in their early years--mostly from very strict, religious upbringings and became more liberal in their later years but I know far more who became sensible, practical conservatives or moderate/conservatives as they aged. Guess it works both ways.
I agree with you about the part that it works both ways. However, all of us posters have "real" lives as well.
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I cannot remember ever having had much of a 'liberal' view on anything, going back to when I started to from political opinions. My formative years came under Carter, so the latter viewpoint never had a chance, and never will.
