Yesterday morning I went with my dad to the local caucus to cast my vote. I've always known that my neighborhood was primarily senior citizens, but it was funny to see that my dad and I were almost the youngest voters present. As far as the breakdown, there were only a few of us (youngins) who voted for Dean, but we were greatly outnumbered by the Kerry side.
Truly though, Kerry seems to be drawing the conservative, dare I say, old-republican voters who don't want to see Bush in office again (I do dare!). The way all the seniors were talking during our debate, it sounded like they were afraid of Dean's strong voice against Bush, and what that will do to turn away potential voters come November. Meanwhile, us youth for Dean were worried that Kerry isn't going to be a strong enough force for change.
I wiser man once told me "If you're young and you're not liberal, then you don't have a heart, but if you're old and you're not conservative, then you haven't learned anything."
I don't know if I necessarily believe that, but he threw it out there and it seems to fit in this situation. I wonder how it went for other communities.