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Originally Posted by jas75
The median age of 47 is for the entire population of Westmoreland, including children and non-citizens/non-voters. The county's median age is probably in the mid 50s for those voting in the presidential election - so such a voter was likely eligible to vote starting in 1980, when the local electorate was strongly against Reagan. In this particular area which has a very stable population, residents did indeed appear to switch from blue to red over time, and 2016 was the continuation of a long rightward trend.
Now is this county's voting pattern indicative of doom for Democrats in Pennsylvania and across the nation? I don't think the answer is clear one way or another, since it is rather non-representative - but the contemporary Democratic platform is a really bad fit for this area.
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voter registration decreases by age when going backwards in time( i hope that makes sense)
Which means the median voting age is probably lower than the median age, not higher.
You also have to calculate that as a percentage of the population eligible to vote. I recommend the United States Election project and Allegheny College -/-PSU.
The point is the same no matter what year you are looking at. Half the population was not born Democrats as others have claimed.
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