The Bush Effect

3:45 pm EST January 10th, 2008 | Democrats | 8 Comments

By the numbers.

In the 2006 mid-term elections for Congress, young people, ages 18-24, voted overwhelmingly for Democrats over Republicans, by a 58%-37% margin, according to national exit polls — a pattern reflective of a broader Democratic leaning among Gen Nexters compared with earlier Republican-leaning generations. In 2006, 48% of young people identified themselves as Democrats or leaned toward the Democratic Party, while only 35% identified themselves as Republicans – the lowest number recorded by Pew in its nearly 20-year trend. This makes them the least Republican generation. Larger percentages of Gen Xers, Boomers and Seniors identify with the GOP. It is not the case that young people have always been more Democratic. In fact, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, 18-25 year-olds were more Republican than older age groups.

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8 Responses to “The Bush Effect”

  1. Gyuss Baaltar says:
    January 10, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    I am fascinated by what I hear from young people these days. 18 year olds voting this year have lived their entire teen-adult lives under Bush and the endless war. They’re not impressed.

  2. duros62 says:
    January 10, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    Gee, how come I don’t hear much about the President doing any fundraising these days? Hmmmm.

  3. Diamond LeGrande says:
    January 10, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    Yeah, he’s been kinda aloof from this whole fray. I can’t tell whom the Bush Crime Family prefers, aside from wanting to do anything and everything to make sure that Rudy Giuliani isn’t allowed into the White House again without a ticket.

  4. duros62 says:
    January 11, 2008 at 11:20 am

    I gotta wonder whether an endorsement from Bush would help or hurt a Repub candidate at this point.
    What do you all think?

  5. duros62 says:
    January 11, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    Man, it’s quiet around here. Just not like the old days.

  6. Jay says:
    January 11, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    Duros, you left wing kook!

    Better? :-)

    Seriously though, I think endorsements are overblown in the media. It doesn’t help all that much either way. It’s unfortunate that there are people who are such drones that they need to wait to see who somebody else wants to be President in order to make their decision, but I think the numbers are small. I hope anyway.

  7. midderpidge says:
    January 11, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    An endorsement by Bush might help a candidate in certain primaries but it might sink them in the general election.

  8. duros62 says:
    January 12, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    Oh Jay, you bog kidder!
    I agree that endorsements are not all that, but it is helpful for some folks who might be on the fence to see who other people (known people) support and why.
    I just wonder how an endorsement by the incumbent, given his, um, standing with the public would help or hurt a Republican candidate.

    Anybody see Rosanne’s endorsement of Hillary and smackdown (read: incoherent rant) of Obama.

    That can’t be good.