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New voters & a little perspective

Nov 05, 2004, 08:17

Nope, mobilising new voters won't work when the population is steadily aging. There aren't enough new voters coming of age to tip the balance if you lose the "mature vote."

This is going to be a growing trend throughout the "developed" world, including Europe especially.

For the simple reason that people in the West are living longer and having fewer babies . . .

Unless of course you're referring to the immigrant vote -- which is a whole 'nuther political schizm waiting to happen (native vote vs. furriner vote!), one that again seems to be a much bigger issue in Europe.

We're really good at integrating immigrants over here, and getting along generally. I mean for all the gnashing and wailing about "divisions in the country" check out this news report about a five day long "race conflict" in China and feel OK that this sort of thing hasn't happened in the US in more than a century . . . but sadly it's still pretty common throughout most of the world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3982537.stm

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