Posted on 01/04/2012 10:52:57 AM PST by Zakeet
Had voting in the Iowa Republican caucuses been restricted to voters under the age of 40, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas would have won easily, according to an entrance poll published by CNN.
By contrast, according to the poll, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania won among voters between 40 and 64, while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won among voters 65 or older.
Voters at the caucuses tended to be older citizens, according to the poll, with fully 60 percent of them being at least 50 years of age.
Only 25 percent of the caucus-goers were under 40, and only 15 percent were under 30.
Paul’s support in the caususes was strongest among the very youngest voters. Among caucus-goers 17 to 24, who made up 10 percent of voters, Paul took 50 percent of the vote. Santorum ran second in this age bracket, taking 21 percent, followed by Romney at 13 percent, Texas Gov. Rick Perry at 8 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 5 percent, and Rep. Michele Bachman at 1 percent.
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Robert Mugabe is 11 years older than Ron Paul.
They think a guy with two first names is cool:)
Tee-hee. Or didn’t anyone notice that Das Libertariangrupenfuehrer got his butt kicked in Iowa.
I probably would have gone Santorum with some reservations, but I actually like Ron Paul as well. Conservatism is about less government. Paul's a states rights guy, and that's not always a bad thing. I'm also against the War on Drugs. I do break with him on foreign policy, but I'm not a neo conservative either, more of a Reagan type than world's cop.
all the age brackets under 40?
that would be:
20-30
30-40
the brackets he didn’t win:
40-50
50-60
60-70
70+
hmmm... seems the NUMBER of brackets he LOST is higher then the ones he ‘won’.
Figures. That group has been totally indoctrination by “modern educators”
There is a not-insignificant number of people here who do not want less government.
They just want to be in charge.
I know there’s a quote by Winston Churchill somewhere in this mess.
LMAO @ Post 29!
Almost sprayed my monitor with a mouthful of Pepsi!
I think this simply reflects the preferences of under-40 Republicans for libertarian politics and a rejection of centrist approaches to governing. There is genuine opportunity here for the Republican party to capture the imagination of a generation, but they will blow it, of course, by nominating another GHWB/Dole/GWB/McCain this year, and in 2016...
¨Doot-doot-doot-doot....
One more day till Halloween,
Silver Shamrock!
Doot-doot-doot-doot....¨
You do realize, don't you, that many of the things on that pie chart actually come from Ron Paul newsletters or Ron Paul, don't you? Like Apartheid, purchasing the slaves, the Panama canal blackmail, not using 'Dr.' for Martin Luther King, "Rapetown,' David Duke, pink money, legalizing drugs, AIDs through the skin, government disinformation on crack cocaine dangers, Mossad, and more. Seriously, more.
What's hard is picking out the silly stuff Ron Paul said from the silly stuff I just made up.
Wrong Paul won nothing yesterday. To win delegates you needed to win one of Iowa’s four congressional districts. Romney and Santorum each took two. Paul won zero delegates in what hopefully will be his high water state.
And a $ 50 billion dollar note will now buy two loaves of bread in Zimbabwe. I think the US needs something slightly different.
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