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Age Demographics

How many years old are you?

  • Under 18

    Votes: 6 9.2%
  • 18-21

    Votes: 11 16.9%
  • 22-29

    Votes: 11 16.9%
  • 30-39

    Votes: 15 23.1%
  • 40-49

    Votes: 14 21.5%
  • 50-59

    Votes: 6 9.2%
  • 60-65

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • Over 65

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • Total voters
    65
I'm 21 and am definitely becoming more conservative. I was raised in an extremely liberal household, and I was a pot-smoking teenager during the bush years (oh the paranoia!) - small wonder I lean left. I started leaning libertarian for a while until I had a few conversations with some real libertarians and decided that libertarianism is just as impractical as communism. Now I'm drifting to the right, but the GOP is such a caricature of itself that I'm almost never able to agree with anything a republican says publically. Still, I expect the rightward trend to continue

That is interesting.

I was raised in a Conservative household, still liberal.
I mean, some of my views on issues like guns have changed but i'd still broadly identify myself with Lib Dems rather than Conservatives.

I think part of it is what can someone be 'conservative' about in UK? Taxes and Immigration ... and crime. That is pretty much it.
 
I didn't play Morrowind.

Imagine Oblivion, but about 50 times deeper gameplay. As an example, you simply could not join every faction and do all their quests, some where mutually exclusive, and made people either like or dislike you.
 
Imagine Oblivion, but about 50 times deeper gameplay. As an example, you simply could not join every faction and do all their quests, some where mutually exclusive, and made people either like or dislike you.

Everybody says it was better. Im not the type to downgrade anyway, if ive played a version of the game with better graphics, i find it hard to go back and play the other version. The next one comes out in 2010:)
 
I'm 41, will be 42 next month, my mother was Republican my father leaned socialist. I sorted out between various forms socialism, conservative, environmental, libertarian, and any others that i could get. I decided on a sort of utilitarian libertarian with the issue of rights being one of the Great Lies like Justice, Law, ... hmm, that gives me an idea.
 
. However, that said, I still believe that this is exactly why Country Folk tend to be more conservative. They are more isolated and as a result live lives in which, as a matter of sheer necessity, are much more focused on themselves and their families.

People in cities are exposed much more to other individuals and thus I believe are much more likely to adopt views and ideas which are much more inclusive of other individuals.

I couldnt agree more, and here lies the problem. Our country is nealy 50/50 rural/urban and lean. Each time one side comes up with something that they feel would better their lives the other side feels it would harm theirs. Its so hard to find a happy medium. This is why I believe we would be better off with much much less federal power and oversight and more local and state powers. This way for example if NY state wanted a socialist state government and the majority voted this way it would not affect a more conservative state. The federal government trying to please the majority with blanket laws is bound to be negative to fair amount of the people.
 
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By the way: I'm seventeen. I think age definitely correlates with political lean to a degree. What do you think?
Probably, but I think that you are far too young to concrete your political philosophy.
 
Probably, but I think that you are far too young to concrete your political philosophy.

Honestly though? I've always been interested in politics. I can already see that I was much more radical thinking during the Bush years, and more level headed now that Obama is in office. I used to consider myself the liberal beyond a doubt. Now, I have much more centrist/right views on abortion, taxes, and war (while maintaining liberal views on gay marriage, immigration, healthcare, etc.).
 
Our country is nealy 50/50 rural/urban and lean.

The U.S. is 80% urban, with both republicans and democrats having notable amounts of supporters in both rural and urban areas. Republicans tend more towards rural and democrats urban, but even states that are primarily urban/rural still have a reasonable political party split.
 
I love how there is a debate going on about rural/urban population while people are weighing the positives and negatives of Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3.

Cyrodill is mainly a rural province, by the way. So is the Capital Wasteland!
 
I love how there is a debate going on about rural/urban population while people are weighing the positives and negatives of Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3.

Cyrodill is mainly a rural province, by the way. So is the Capital Wasteland!

:rofl

True say. Cyrodiil is exciting, full of amazing forestry and gives the real impression of a medieval world (or whatever). The wastelands are just crap, and the combat system sucks. Sorry, i just couldn't get myself to play it in the end. And you always come across random wasteland goons who try to kill you, its irritating. Cyrodiil just kicks wasteland arse.
 
By the way: I'm seventeen. I think age definitely correlates with political lean to a degree. What do you think?

I am a 17-year-old right-leaner - a rare specimen. Age almost definitely correlates with political lean - polls prove such.
 
There are more people around my age than I figured. So, DP isn't all old farts.
 
Im in my mid 30's and have always been a very conservative person. Then again most country boys are :2wave:.

My theory: Country people are a more simple down to earth people that are still in touch with the basics. City folk have been detached from this basic life and rely heavily on others.

My experience says just the opposite. "Country Folk" live somewhat sheltered detached lives...a sort of charming naivite. This is why rural areas tend to be much more "red" than cities which tend to be "blue".

Actually, my experience has been much different then what both of you describe.

Growing up on a horse ranch, surrounded by other horse ranches (all relatives), my family was and is very liberal and very well informed politically. Full of activist, radical types who've changed the social conditions for many not only locally, but in our state/province but have had an impact nationally in both Canada and the US.

Of course, we've been fighting both the US and Canadian governments for generations......

42, soon to be 43 and a very progressive liberal...... uh... Indian cowgirl!.....
 
By the way: I'm seventeen. I think age definitely correlates with political lean to a degree. What do you think?

No doubt about it. When I was seventeen I thought Jerry Brown, then governor of California, was just the coolest and hippest politician in the country. After all, he wore bell-bottom jeans and made regular appearances on the Tonight Show.

As I grew older I realized how dumb I was for ever admiring the nut.

You'll understand thirty years from now. For now, enjoy your idealism.

:2wave:
 
There are more people around my age than I figured. So, DP isn't all old farts.
Well, for a lot of us,
it is one of the few
pleasures of our
declining years,to
vote as a block
to seize the wages
of arrogant little snots

to pay for our
retirements, and
occasionally
beat their indolent,
insolent little backsides

for them, that they
might understand
that we all age,
but some of us do
it the way an
oak does.


:2wave:
 
Well, for a lot of us,
it is one of the few
pleasures of our
declining years,to
vote as a block
to seize the wages
of arrogant little snots

to pay for our
retirements, and
occasionally
beat their indolent,
insolent little backsides

for them, that they
might understand
that we all age,
but some of us do
it the way an
oak does.


:2wave:


Thanks for the enlightenment, grandpa! :lol:
 
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