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> many conservatives were once liberals, while the reverse is typically not true. Is there any data to support that claim? It’s the opposite of my own personal
by baddox 6y ago
> many conservatives were once liberals, while the reverse is typically not true.
Is there any data to support that claim? It’s the opposite of my own personal anecdata.
- UncleOxidant 6y agoOpposite of my personal anecdata as well. In the 90s I was a National Review-reading, Limbaugh-listening conservative. It started changing in the early 2000s when GWB invaded Iraq. Voted for Obama in '08 (a centrist) and Bernie in '16 (a Leftist). Now I identify as a mostly Left of center progressive.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoThe curious case of Benjamin Button comes to mind.
- rayiner 6y agoIt’s a byproduct of the fact that each cohort becomes more conservative with age: https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-millennials-politics-conservative-20160907-snap-story.html https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-millenn... > On average, Americans identify as more politically liberal at age 18 and become increasingly conservative between their 20s and 60s. See also: https://fee.org/media/14135/chart2_socialism.png?width=100%25&height=auto https://fee.org/media/14135/chart2_socialism.png?width=100%2...
- hajile 6y agoMost young people of "political age" (over 16 or so) in the 60s, 70s, an 80s were to the left. Today, those older demographics tend to swing to the right. I suppose you could make the case that Democrats die earlier than Republicans, but I doubt that is what's happening here.