Younger Americans More Pro-Life

[89Hen]

Anyone want to wager on how the 18-29 age group votes in 2012?

For what? I don't know too many single issue voters.

[AZGrizFan]

Anyone want to wager on how the 18-29 age group votes in 2012?

You talking about that SAME group? Or the NEW 18-29 Y/O's?

Because I don't see any way the SAME group votes for Obama in the kind of numbers you stated in your first post on this thread. The NEW ones, yeah, they'll be as stupid and naive as the current ones and will believe anything the snake-oil salesman tells 'em.

[AZGrizFan]

Anyone want to wager on how the 18-29 age group votes in 2012?

For what? I don't know too many single issue voters.

Sure you do. 53% of the voters in this country are apparently single issue. That's who voted for Obama.

[Pwns]

Anyone want to wager on how the 18-29 age group votes in 2012?

We all know who the majority in that age bracket will vote for..... but consider this: That the younger generation is liberal and still more pro-life than previous generations is just yet more proof that what the pro-abortion crazies say about the pro-life movement (that they are a bunch of ultra-misogynist "anti-choice" religious extremists) is red-hot stinking crock sh^t.

The two biggest civil rights movements in this century are going to be those for gays/lesbians, and the unborn. Younger Americans are also more liberal on the gay issues, btw.

[ASUG8]

A lot of infants think that Playdough and the contents of their diapers are food products, but that's because they don't know any better. I'm not saying all of the 18-29 group are idiots or raging liberals, but they haven't had the pleasure of watching that nice post graduate offer suddenly become a dramatically lesser amount due to the freespending ways of government. Spend a few years paying taxes and and watching how broken the government machine is and you'll likely become a fan of watching the government be a bit more pragmatic with it's spending of your dollars.

IMHO, many people generally tend to get more conservative as they age as they gather more real life experience. I'm pro choice, mainly because I don't advocate abortion as a birth control method but if my wife were to get raped by a bunch of gang members I'd certainly like the option of NOT raising a rapists' kid. At the same time, I expect to have police and fire protection, trash collection, national defense, highways/insfrastructure and other basic necessities - I have no problem doing my part to fund them. But I don't need government tentacles impacting personal rights.

/rant

[Col Hogan]

Anyone want to wager on how the 18-29 age group votes in 2012?

We all know who the majority in that age bracket will vote for..... but consider this: That the younger generation is liberal and still more pro-life than previous generations is just yet more proof that what the pro-abortion crazies say about the pro-life movement (that they are a bunch of ultra-misogynist "anti-choice" religious extremists) is red-hot stinking crock sh^t.

The two biggest civil rights movements in this century are going to be those for gays, lesbians, and the unborn. Younger Americans are also more liberal on the gay issues, btw.

+1

[Skjellyfetti]

So, Americans become more conservative and more pro-choice as they age....


... because they come to realize how much it sucks to pay taxes and raise kids?

[Baldy]

Anyone want to wager on how the 18-29 age group votes in 2012?

Absolutely, I will never underestimate the stupidity of young voting age adults, but I'll wager that it will be much closer to 50/50 in 2012 than it was in 2008.

[OSBF]

Did the poll allow for a response from people who are personally pro-life but don't believe in getting all up in everyone else's business, bombing clinics, or gunning down doctors in church to impose their beliefs on everyone else?

or how about a choice for making elective abortions for no other reason than birth control illegal, but allowing them in cases of rape/incest/medical necessity.

[93henfan]

Did the poll allow for a response from people who are personally pro-life but don't believe in getting all up in everyone else's business, bombing clinics, or gunning down doctors in church to impose their beliefs on everyone else?

or how about a choice for making elective abortions for no other reason than birth control illegal, but allowing them in cases of rape/incest/medical necessity.

Hell no! It makes things way too complicated for those that like everything black and white. How are you going to put nuance into a soundbite? Thinking takes too much time.

[∞∞∞]

Analyzing in detail a small percent increase like this concerning young people and their views is kinda pointless. It's pretty easy to influence a younger person than an older one, and their standing on hot topics shift around a lot. I see it in myself and my friends all the time, from one year to the next.

And anyways, if I read the link correctly, more younger Americans are still pro-choice than pro-life.

[ASUG8]

So, Americans become more conservative and more pro-choice as they age....


... because they come to realize how much it sucks to pay taxes and raise kids?

What KY, you just like to pick out the things you take issue with?

Read the whole post again, slowly this time - I said IMO many people become more conservative perspective. I happen to be pro-choice, not all Americans. I know I'm a lot more conservative than I was in college, although I'm a fiscal conservative/social moderate (so don't go lumping in with the extreme right).

And maybe you enjoy paying taxes, and I have no idea about raising kids since I have none. Do you work/pay taxes or have kids? Maybe you can offer some objective perspective on that.

[Skjellyfetti]

So, Americans become more conservative and more pro-choice as they age....


... because they come to realize how much it sucks to pay taxes and raise kids?

What KY, you just like to pick out the things you take issue with?

Read the whole post again, slowly this time - I said IMO many people become more conservative perspective. I happen to be pro-choice, not all Americans. I know I'm a lot more conservative than I was in college, although I'm a fiscal conservative/social moderate (so don't go lumping in with the extreme right).

And maybe you enjoy paying taxes, and I have no idea about raising kids since I have none. Do you work/pay taxes or have kids? Maybe you can offer some objective perspective on that.

Haha, I wasn't even responding to you.... I was just making a joke. Hence the little winking man.

Take deep breaths... no need to get all personal.

[ASUG8]

What KY, you just like to pick out the things you take issue with?

Read the whole post again, slowly this time - I said IMO many people become more conservative perspective. I happen to be pro-choice, not all Americans. I know I'm a lot more conservative than I was in college, although I'm a fiscal conservative/social moderate (so don't go lumping in with the extreme right).

And maybe you enjoy paying taxes, and I have no idea about raising kids since I have none. Do you work/pay taxes or have kids? Maybe you can offer some objective perspective on that.

Haha, I wasn't even responding to you.... I was just making a joke. Hence the little winking man.

Take deep breaths... no need to get all personal.

Sorry - jokes and sarcasm are sometimes hard to weed out of a post.

[mainejeff]

Anyone want to wager on how the 18-29 age group votes in 2012?

Absolutely, I will never underestimate the stupidity of young voting age adults, but I'll wager that it will be much closer to 50/50 in 2012 than it was in 2008.

The stupidity of ALL American voters is pretty high IMO.......regardless of age! Hell seniors are the most myopic with the way that they vote.......just wait another few years when most Boomers are in their 60s and 70s........

[AZGrizFan]

Absolutely, I will never underestimate the stupidity of young voting age adults, but I'll wager that it will be much closer to 50/50 in 2012 than it was in 2008.

The stupidity of ALL American voters is pretty high IMO.......regardless of age! Hell seniors are the most myopic with the way that they vote.......just wait another few years when most Boomers are in their 60s and 70s........

mj is counting the days. His hatred of boomers oozes out of every post.

[mainejeff]

The stupidity of ALL American voters is pretty high IMO.......regardless of age! Hell seniors are the most myopic with the way that they vote.......just wait another few years when most Boomers are in their 60s and 70s........

mj is counting the days. His hatred of boomers oozes out of every post.

Damn right. Never have so many done so little.

[GannonFan]

mj is counting the days. His hatred of boomers oozes out of every post.

Damn right. Never have so many done so little.

There's nothing more I agree with MJ on than this.

[D1B]

This is great news. Younger people these days are much more open about their sexuality and sexual practices. They realize that having children is a HUGE financial responsibility/burden and have many birth control options available to them. Because they are likely dismissive of religious based doctrine that preaches the evils of birth control.......they are more likely to use it, thereby seeing abortion as an unnecessary option that does indeed cause emotional pain and life ending results.

Now there's a logic leap if I've ever seen one...

He's right Jolting Hogan.

[mainejeff]

Now there's a logic leap if I've ever seen one...

He's right Jolting Hogan.

Thanks D1B. I can't for the life of me figure out what I said was so "out there"........must their CONK tunnel vision kicking in again.

[Baldy]

mj is counting the days. His hatred of boomers oozes out of every post.

Damn right. Never have so many done so little.

You ain't seen nothing yet...wait until the useless kids of the current generation get into their 30's 40's and 50's...

[Skjellyfetti]

You old fucks will be dead or bed-ridden by then... thankfully.

I'll change my mind on medicare/medicaid once you worthless fucks are sucking at the teet.

[AZGrizFan]

Damn right. Never have so many done so little.

There's nothing more I agree with MJ on than this.

While I would tend to agree, I think there's been just a few things that boomers have accomplished.

[mainejeff]

Damn right. Never have so many done so little.

You ain't seen nothing yet...wait until the useless kids of the current generation get into their 30's 40's and 50's...

They'll be fine.......they've all grown up knowing that the "American Dream" is a lie.

[mainejeff]

You old **** will be dead or bed-ridden by then... thankfully.

Really. Those "useless kids" will be changing his soiled diaper.