Young, Liberal and Open to Big Government

NY Times ^ | 2-11-2013 | Sheryl Gay Stolberg

[Sir Napsalot]

MISSOULA, Mont. — This funky college town, nestled along two rivers where five mountain ranges converge, has long been a liberal pocket, an isolated speck of blue in a deeply red state. Now Montana is electing more politicians who lean that way, thanks to a different-minded generation of young voters animated by the recession and social issues.

(snip) It is no secret that young voters tilt left on social issues like immigration and gay rights. But these students, and dozens of other young people interviewed here last week, give voice to a trend that is surprising pollsters and jangling the nerves of Republicans. On a central philosophical question of the day — the size and scope of the federal government — a clear majority of young people embraces President Obama’s notion that it can be a constructive force, a point he intends to make in his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

“Young people absolutely believe that there’s a role for government,” said Matt Singer, a founder of Forward Montana, a left-leaning though officially nonpartisan group that seeks to engage young people in politics. “At the same time, this is not a generation of socialists. They are highly entrepreneurial, and know that some of what it takes to create an environment where they can do their own exciting, creative things is having basic systems that work.”

Here in Montana, a state that backed John McCain in 2008 and Mr. Romney last year, voters under 30 have helped elect two Democratic senators and a new Democratic governor. Nationally, young voters have since 2004 been casting their ballots for Democrats by far wider margins than previous young generations — a shift that could reshape American politics for decades.

[Sir Napsalot]

>>> Growing pains.

Anyway, what scares me the most is reading the readers’ response in either the NYT picks or Reader picks sections.

[jwalsh07]

It is news that young people are lefties?

[Catmom]

You have to be doing adult things to be considered grown up.

[utax]

U of M

(dancing school of the north) :)

[Trod Upon]

Young, Liberal and Open to Big Government

In other words, bums who want to use the state to steal from their neighbors what they refuse to earn for themselves. Democrat scum bums.

[Red Dog #1]

Ignorance and idroctrinated aren't exactly the same thing. Our problems steam for corrupting our schools, colleges and "entertainment".

[Clock King]

“At the same time, this is not a generation of socialists. They are highly entrepreneurial, and know that some of what it takes to create an environment where they can do their own exciting, creative things is having basic systems that work.”

Bull poop. You can't be both. What "basic systems" are they talking about that never worked in the past or don't work now? Nothing but pretty buzz words.