Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The Demographics of Socialism

In my recent post, A Short Conversation with Marilyn, a commenter stated,

I gather that she’s not in the “demographic” you expect to be calling for that.

The “calling for that” being the overthrow of the government.  I replied,

Indeed Marilyn was not in the demographic in which I would expect such a response.

The demographic referred to was Marilyn’s age of sixty-eight (68).  It appears that Marilyn’s age demographic may indeed be the demographic where a statement that the government should be overthrown would be heard.

The generation gap in political values is stark, according to this Pew poll: A majority of people over 65 have a negative view of socialism and a positive view of capitalism. The 18- to 29-year-olds? They love the progressive label, only marginally object to socialism, and have a negative view of capitalism.

From a Maggie Gallagher post at The Corner under the heading The Generation Gap.  Here’s a link to the Pew poll.

Posted by John Venlet on 05/12 at 08:09 AM
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