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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 08:25 PM Original message |
Poll Shows Liberal Ideas Gaining With Young People |
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Va Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hope for the future... |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm in that age cohort, and these results are my biggest source of hope in these dark times |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good for them. The Presidential Scholars certainly made a monumental |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is great! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. "...they are more likely to say the war in Iraq is heading to a successful conclusion."...? |
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fencesitter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. we here are so insulated from the war... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. What is the age breakdown for those with/without health insurance? |
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fencesitter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Health insurance is not usually an issue when you are 18 -21... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I wasn't interested in that group... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. They won't vote. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Well I've met some young adults that do vote |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Voting is up among young adults. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 02:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Many perceive that there's nothing to vote FOR |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 05:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. These folks clearly see Bush or another Republican in '08 as bad for them. |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. I call BS on that! |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. And yet they didn't do the job in 2004. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Don't believe the hype |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. I know a fair number of young people who are very excited at |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Now if they only had a candidate to vote for. |
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Cheney Killed Bambi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. New Poll Finds That Young Americans Are Leaning Left |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. my daughter and her friends are lefties |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Those young people who were kids during the pre-Dubya era remember enlightened times. |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. My two daughters, 22 and 26, don't just lean left...they are solidly left. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Youth in my extended family are lefties except for the possible |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. My son (age 24) and fiancee are big lefties. So are a good number |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. K-12 are leaning green |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
18. After 16 years of Crappy results from the GOP...who can blame them? |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
19. Good news, but... |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. this ol' geezer remembers |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. BUT, are they willing to pay their share for a just society? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Well, if we've raised them right... or should I say left? nt |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. Hopefully this movement won't sputter like it did in 94. |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. A lot of youngsters I know call themselves socialists quite openly |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. A book on us Gen-Yers I've read called "Millennials Rising" says the same thing. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-27-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'm happy for their optimism. Long-term, that's a good thing |
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