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Originally posted by djohnsto77
I'm not sure about the situation in New Zealand, but in the U.S. the Republican Party is pretty good at attracting younger voters. While it's true younger people tend to be more leftist, as they grow up they move to the right. What's the old saying? Something like "if you're young and not a Democrat you don't have a heart, and if you're old and not a Republican you don't have a brain."
I guess I never had a heart since I've always been Republican
Originally posted by xpert11
Thanks for the replys there have been some interesting comments.
Perhaps the two party system and the deep divison in American politics make it easier for both partys to attract supporters. I doubt that there are any swing voters in American at the moment. It is possible for an conserative politican to attract bipartisan support after all the 1980s saw such a thing as Reagan Democrats .
Just my 10 cents.
Originally posted by gimmefootball400
The thing is the Conservative Party wants to get more young voters, and that right now is not happening. I think the conservative party here is out of touch with us young voters and they do have a problem recruiting young voters. That is if you don't go to a university like Columbia or any other such institution.
Originally posted by Mimbster
I wonder why though? You're right that most young voters tend to be liberal, but why is that? Is it because everyone else around them hates Bush and neocons, and they think it's "cool" to be anti-Bush and anti-Republican? I don't get it. I don't think all of them even believe some of the stuff they say. I can't believe people would want a stronger Govt. and higher taxes anyway. Liberalism alwyas does the opposite of what it intends to do.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
The old blue dog (usually southern) conservative Democrats are a dying breed, as the Democratic party has moved more and more to the left.
Originally posted by infinite
United Kingdom Conservative are aiming to attract the young voters and its about modernising the party. Many think the Tories are old fashion right wing nutcases, but with David Cameron focusing on what were once traditional liberal ideas, many young people are keen to vote Conservative.
And its about making politics interesting and not dull and boring. Using the internet and sites such as Myspace and YouTube will do wonders for an election campaign (i believe a US politican used the internet in his campaign and it worked wonders).
Originally posted by HoorahUSMC
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And the same could be said for American COnservatives. Well, first they need to kick the NeoCons out of the party, but then they need to stop being so backwards. I mean, calling the internet a series of tubes? To reach the young voters they have many things they need to clean up first in the party but once they do they need to realize todays youth don't think that rock and roll is the devil.
(All you punks and hooligans listening to your rock and roll music) They need to realize that abstinence only programs don't work either, it would be like teaching peaceful protest only in the Middle East, they won't listen. Also, like in the race between Corkins and Ford where Corkins has released a racist ad, that kills your chance with the youth of that state.
And the guy who keeps going around using every racist word in the book might want to keep a lid on it. You can't attract the people you are demonizing and when you have plenty of demons in your own party it hurts. People looked at Reagan and said "Dang man, now that's an American Man." People look at Bush and say "Dang man, that's a retard who is owned by big business. He doesn't do anything for me, why should I support his party?" Hopefully the republicans, the true ones, will learn and stop supporting the NeoCons and start supporting other republicans.
Originally posted by HoorahUSMC
THANK YOU!!!!! Finally somone who gets it! I have been arguing, not debating, with a guy named Gear who drove me batty. I have a topic, politics.abovetopsecret.com... where I call them out and I got blasted. They call me a foaming at the mouth liberal even though I state nothing liberal just anti-NeoCon. I try to explain how NeoCons are not conservative ore liberal but NeoCons and again blasted. I explain how the republican party needs to do one of three things, clean house, make new party, or join Libertarians and am blasted as an evil pinko commie liberal.
But here we have two people who freaking understand! God grace you folks.