2012-03-28, 12:50 PM
Thorr Wrote:Honestly, it's the audience demographic that would naturally lean this way. It has nothing to do with actual political views, which is why most of them would call themselves independents. I did a study in college a LONG time ago with Grade Schools, High Schools, and colleges where we held mock elections. The results were overwhelmingly clear - the younger the group, the higher the vote % for the incumbent. Younger folks fear change and see the president as an office that should be stable (completely unconsiously). As young folk get older, they tend to gravitate to a philosophy that best fits their limited experience of the world and stick to it vehemently. It was an interesting study to say the least.Oh, look, a pile of bullshit.
The reason incumbents tend to win polls has nothing to do with the age of the voters but everything to do with name recognition.