After the 2004 "election", the GOP liked to gloat that they had a "permanent majority."
Thankfully, those days of shit-eating smirks seem to be over - at least for now. Starting in 2005, there's been a steady drop in the number of voters who register as Republicans. This drop is accompanied by an increase in Democrats - and, more strikingly, in independents and third party voters.
I know there tends to be a calm before the storm once every few years in American politics, but this time the trend has held for 3 years.
(Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/us/politics/05flip.html)
Monday, August 4, 2008
Republicans' "permanent majority" ends
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This doesn't surprise me at all. Being very close the the age of teenagers who are just reaching voting age, I'm pretty familiar with the trends. With Star Bucks and "Indie Culture" being the new biggest thing, young adults are being more open minded and 'free thinking'. None of these free thoughts seem to come close to a Republican standard, especially because the indie culture is very gay friendly.
ReplyDeleteIn a way, it the newly adults seem to have an expensive hippy feel to them. Free love and thought, just so long as they're wearing a $100 sweater for Banana Republic.
With the population growing and more and more young voters registering, it doesn't surprise me at all that the majority is starting to drift towards a more democratic or even third party field. Maybe if teenagers continue to think in an non-traditional fashion, it'll help tilt this country in a direction more centered rather than the far sided fields.
As these new voters get older and they complete an education, develop marketable job skills, obtain gainful employment, and begin to pay taxes the tax-happy Democrats begin to lose their appeal. When you're young, not working and not paying taxes of course the Democrats and their promises that everything will be provided by the government sound great.
ReplyDelete...Which is odd, because I've gotten more liberal as I've gotten older.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I don't think republicans are even republicans anymore. Liberal Fascists would be a more accurate description of the present republican party. If everyone thinks the democrats are so spend happy, let's not forget the brand new half-trillion dollar per year deficit the Bush-regime has left for the next president. Real republicans have been filtered out by special interest groups just like the democrats, it just seems like the republicans have been more blatant about their "untouchable" actions. Regardless of the party, the people aren't the priority of the American government. I heard that the republicans aren't even using the republican name and are opting to go with the title, "GOP" instead. They know how bad they've screwed things up, and the dems aren't doing much of anything since they were voted in. I will be voting against the republican candidate by voting democratic this year. Mainly because of Bush and his cronies but also because of the outrageous lies spewed on talk radio all day long. The more I hear the spin of fascist radio the more I vote for the opposing party, and there is a boatload of spin. I guess I have to cast my vote for Obama. Thanks a lot republican party for dropping the ball and pushing me to vote for someone that Oprah endorses....Uck.
ReplyDeleteR U OK Scheff??
ReplyDeleteThe Republican party truly is NOT Republican. They are Empirical. An empire is the opposite of a republic, and that is what they support.