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Younger Americans are less anti- government

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from the
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
"Pew: White majority over, next generation
more than 50% non-white"

March 25, 2014
By Paul Bedard

For the first time in American history, non-whites will make up half or more of the next generation, likely pushing Washington toward a bigger government — and the GOP better tone down their anti-government rhetoric if they want to win them, according to a top polling outfit.


At a briefing for congressional aides hosted by the moderate Republican Ripon Society, Pew Research Vice President Michael Dimock said that the trend among younger Americans is support for government programs and acceptance of Democratic Party policies.

“Their tendency is more liberal, their tendency is bigger government,” he said of so-called “millennials” born between 1979 and 1995. They will likely set the trend for the still-unnamed next generation.

“This is a generation that is 41 percent non-white; the generation behind it is likely to be close to 50 if not more than 50 percent non-white, and the anti-government kind of tone is one that really doesn’t resonate with that non-white sector in particular,” said Dimock at the Ripon retreat.
His advice to the GOP: “Try to take as much of the anti-government rhetoric out.”


Ripon provided Secrets with a video of his recent presentation. In it, he said that younger voters are both pro-government and pro-business, split over gun control, back abortion and believe welfare does more good than harm. What's more, they are not angry voters and are still politically diverse.

“I think he confirmed what a lot of Republicans already know, that the party has a lot of work to do with younger Americans, who view the GOP as politically rigid and ideologically out of step. If there’s a bright spot, it’s that millennials are increasingly untethered to either party, which means there’s a chance for Republicans to win them back,” said Ripon’s Lou Zickar.

Pollster John Zogby, who has dubbed millennials First Globals in his new book, said those born after 1979 already number 75 million and will grow to become bigger than the 78-million strong Baby Boom generation, and that should be good for Democrats.

We asked him about Dimock’s prediction and characterization of the current and coming generation.
Said Zogby, who does our weekly report card on President Obama: “The 41 percent non-white figure is right on the money and so is the projection. There is a strong libertarian streak, but they largely do not hate government if it can prove to be a problem-solver. They have no patience for loud debates and for bureaucratic entropy, favoring quick and streamlined forms of problem-solving and decision-making -- just as they have learned in video games. There is also an upside to their all having received a trophy: They are great believers and practitioners in teamwork. This is potentially great news for Democrats and liberals (34 percent call themselves such), but mainly it is worse news for the GOP, who have no meaningful outreach or connectivity with them.”

SOURCE: http://washingtonexaminer.com/pew-white-majority-over-next-generation-more-than-50-non-white/article/2546219

This fits what I am seeing- where younger Americans are much more tolerant and progressive than the GOP- especially on social issues.. They have learned that all problems can be solved- and they don't want a Party or politicians that just say NO and have no positive plans....
More and more are accepting a Libertarian form of ideology..

One of the reasons the GOP is trying to downplay the social issues (homosexual marriage/unions, abortion, right to die with dignity, etc.) this election.....
 

Big Muddy rancher

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:arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: That is you going around and around. :roll: :roll: :roll:
Most of these young people that you say are Liberals want the government to look after then.

Libertarians want the government out of their lives. ie less government.
 

Tam

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Oldtimer said:
This fits what I am seeing- where younger Americans are much more tolerant and progressive than the GOP- especially on social issues.. They have learned that all problems can be solved- and they don't want a Party or politicians that just say NO and have no positive plans....
More and more are accepting a Libertarian form of ideology..

One of the reasons the GOP is trying to downplay the social issues (homosexual marriage/unions, abortion, right to die with dignity, etc.) this election.....


The Fox News poll shows 37 percent of voters younger than 30 approve of the president's performance,

Gee now I wonder what the other 63% think of Obama and his WE CAN SOLVE EVERYTHING FOR YOU TYPE OF GOVERNMENT? :?

Oldtimer the truth is the Tolerant Progressive young supported Obama and the Dems and wanted them to fix everything for them until they realized they were going to have to pay to fix the healthcare system for the sicker older people with their sky rocketing Premiums and that is what has lead to the very large drop in Obama's approval rating among the young.

The Young are Progressive until they find out they are to pay the bills to solve all the problems then they swing to the GET OUT OF MY LIFE LIBERTARIAN SIDE.

BTW why do you think the Libertarians like Ron and Rand Paul, that you claim to support, sit with and run in Republicans races. Is it because they relate closer to the GOP or the Progressive fix everything for you Liberals? :? :roll:
 

hopalong

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Just wanting their handouts :D :D :D :D


Pretty much the same responses you got in the other sites you posted this... Too bad you are so clueless that you cant see the forest for the trees
 

Larrry

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This just goes to prove the point that polls are worth less just like
Ex sheriffs with a computer
The young more government crowd elected obama Now the polls aren't in his favor. So we have a prez who is big government and he isn't liked
This is just a case of the liberal media still indoctrinating the young
They get that mush crammed in their heads one way or the other. How did they cram in I to yours ot. You are such a slave to the leftwingernuts I was curious why you fell for it
 

hypocritexposer

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Pop Quiz: We ask college students - Can You Name One U.S. Senator? How Many U.S. Senators for Each State?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKaYnHlpD9M#t=25
 

hopalong

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Didn't work in oldtimers case he has not gotten smarter with age,,,, closer to just the opposite.......just read his posts....
 

Steve

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Martin Jr. said:
One thing about the younger Americans: they will get smarter with age.

yep most get mugged by reality when they see their paychecks

and find out the better paying job they get,.. and the harder they work.. that even more is taken from them...
 

Tam

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What I don't understand is how a ex lawman/judge can care so little about facts and the fact he has been lied to repeatedly by a guy he voted for? :? :roll:

Something else I do not understand is how a guy that brags about carrying his gun on his hip every where he goes can vote for a party that would love nothing more than to limit his ability to do just that? :? :roll:

I guess you can't fix stupid. :roll:
 

Steve

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Something else I do not understand is how a guy that brags about carrying his gun on his hip every where he goes can vote for a party that would love nothing more than to limit his ability to do just that?

if by limit you mean, call the police in a total panic,.. aim dozens of assault rifles at him, tazer him, sic a dog on him, wrestle him to the ground.. handcuff him,.. throw him in a squad car.. take his guns away and leave him with felony charges.. then yep the liberals he supports would limit his ability to carry a gun on his hip.. :? :shock: :???:
 
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Martin Jr. said:
One thing about the younger Americans: they will get smarter with age.


Actually I was just the opposite... In my youth and college time period I was so conservative I could have been called a rightwingernut- definitely an extremist... I was anti anyone different than me... I was involved with jeering the hippy protesters and even around when some of the guys roped and sheared one long hair... I despised gays and was even party to some gay bullying and taunting... I believed everything the radical right told me about blacks being stupid, worthless (incapable of anything but manual labor) and because of their huge penis's wanted to rape all white women... And that all the cost of our welfare and social system was because of Blacks, Indians and Mexicans...
The only night I ever spent in jail was because I and several other cowboys were jeering some long haired hippies in a bar and got in a fight and one signed an assault charge against me... The night court judge reduced it to Disorderly Conduct- fined me $10- and told me to get on down the road to the rodeo we were headed for and "if you get bucked off, remember to land on your head, you'll never get hurt"...

But over the years of working with the public and people of all types I saw people from a different perspective- and learned that these different folks were neither to be feared or hated- and that much of the info put out by the extremist right wing groups was wrong-- and much of it an absolute lie...As I got older I grew up socially and quit judging folks by just the way they look and more from how they treated me and others... I learned there are several other ways of life/cultures in this country- and that doesn't make mine better than theirs .... I learned tolerance and the old Montana cowboy ideology in his life-- live and let live.. As long as they pull their own load they didn't ask any questions either about their past or the present....

I saw that white folks were as big a child neglecters and abusers as minority folks-- I saw that there were as many or more white abusers of public programs and government fraud as the minorities (much of the old food stamp fraud wouldn't have occurred if it wasn't for business's willing to break the law) - I found that some of the folks I'd known as friends for years were gay/lesbian-- and that it did not change their friendship/relationship toward me because I wasn't... I became aware that homosexuality is not a choice issue- its a definite trait they were either born with or developed early in childhood... I saw the torment and tragedy (suicides) of young homosexuals that were bullied because they were different... After privatization of most the drug treatment centers I saw the agony of the parents that could not get their kids into treatment at these private centers because they didn't have the wealth of a Rush Limbaugh, Betty Ford, or Cindi McCain... Most insurances had no coverage for drug/chemical dependency which they now have to under the ACA... I saw where kids were killed or abused badly because government either didn't have the legal ability or necessary workforce to intervene in taking these kids out of the homes...

I ran for office as an Independent because I was beholding to nor committed to any Party-- even tho both parties leadership had asked me to run under their banner... And as an Independent I was allowed to attend both Parties social events at which I found some very nice Repub folk and some very nice Dem folks... Both parties had ideas I liked- and both had some I didn't like...

The only difference I found was that the Republican Party charged $50 a ticket for their Lincoln Day dinner which was a catered kind of stuffy affair mostly of older folks in suits and ties - where the Democrat dinner was $5 a ticket (which one of the nice folks donated for me and my wife)- and was a turkey and stuffing meal all prepared by the Dem ladies with a much more casual mood and attended by young and old alike- many of which were area farmers I knew....
 

Larrry

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Ot when you were young you weren't rightwingernut. Don't know anyone on the right who woulda claimed you
You were a thug... And still are
 
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Larrry said:
Ot when you were young you weren't rightwingernut. Don't know anyone on the right who woulda claimed you
You were a thug... And still are

Yep- that's kind of what rightwingernut extremists are-- bigoted thugs...
 

Larrry

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You surely aren't so stood that you can't see the leftwingernuts and the dens are home to the racists and bigots
You surely aren't that stupid are you
 
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