See post 23.
In the 2006 midterm campaign (regarded as a more useful basis of comparison than high-turnout presidential elections), voters 65 and older essentially split their vote evenly between Republicans and Democrats
I'm not saying they are democrats, or republicans, I think they are pragmatic voters, who vote their own interests....
Obama won without out them (as noted in the same article above), but the rest of the Rat party needs them.
If the GOP goes after entitlements (which need to be cut or reformed, or something, because this country is going broke), the Rats, will run on opposition, and win elections (and then continue bankrupting the country).
What needs to be done, it a way to incremental work this....