Posted on 11/06/2006 7:50:34 PM PST by politico 2006
...there's a voting cohort between Generation Xers and boomers that bears watching. They're the not-so-young of Generation Jones. If they're not "the lost generation" they're invisible to most of our culture commentators. The Joneses, who were born between 1954 and 1965, are usually included in the boomer cohort, but Jonathan Pontell, a pop culture consultant who coined the name, says that's a mistake. He thinks the Jonesers may be crucial in next week's congressional elections. "Coming of age politically in the late 1970s and early 1980s," he says, "Jonesers were the much discussed 'ReaganYouth,' and is the most conservative U.S. generation by a considerable margin." He credits Jonesers, particularly the women, with tipping the election for George W. in the swing states two years ago when they comprised approximately a quarter of the electorate. They are disproportionately represented among theme voters, such as NASCAR enthusiasts, Office Park Dads and Soccer-Security-Mortgage Moms. They cluster around issues of "moral values," and were polled as pulling away from conservative candidates after the Foley scandal. Now the latest polls show that they have conspicuously returned to the Republican base (apologies to Peggy Noonan). What makes them different from the boomers is that during their formative years, while their older brothers and sisters were indulging the hedonistic pleasures of Woodstock, they were at home watching the Brady Bunch and supping on mashed potatoes with both parents at the dinner table. They were not traumatized by the Kennedy assassination, but were terrified by Jimmy Carter's Iranian hostage crisis. They weren't interested in kicking Richard Nixon around, but were grateful to Ronald Reagan for restoring America's strength in the world... Next week we're likely to learn which candidates kept up with the Joneses. Copyright © 2006 News World Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Pubbies got the Jones, Dems got the Johnsons.
I see that FOX brought Pat Cadell out to worry the democrats tonight.
Finally, somebody doesn't lump us with the damn boomers.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
I hope they flip the Dems the middle finger.
I think there are a number of momentum variables the Dems haven't taken into account that will crush their hopes of victory.
LOL. What's Pat saying?
Ping to interesting commentary on generational politics, although it's not gen-x.
My brother, born in '54, is more of a boomer than a Joneser. But I have a sister born in '61 who takes no prisoners. ;)
I remember when I was in college, my sister complained to me that our parents were the only ones who were still together and that many of her classmates were going to school stoned or drunk. I considered the Jonsers the beginning of the end. I hope I'm wrong.
Cadell knows how to lose and he always shows up to tell the democrats they're doing a real fine job of it.
Cadell was saying what he always says. The democrats could F up a wet dream. LOL
I was born in 1964, and that pretty much sums me up.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Pat always sounds sad and forlorn. But he seems to think the Dems will win, even if they only hold power for 2 years.
I was born in '59. Count me as a Republican. :) I've never thought of myself as part of the baby boom generation though they usually say anyone born up to 1964 is.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Heheheh. Love Caddell. (Hubby's glued to the Seahawks-Raiders game, so no Fox News until game's over.)
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I was born in 1957, and I was, I am and I always will be a boomer. This Jones stuff is bull.
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