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showblue22

(1,026 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 01:07 AM Mar 2020

Let me tell you my experience with older voters [View all]

I live in Traverse city Michigan, my wife and I live with my mother who is 66 years old. It's her property and we take care of her and my grandmother who is still alive at 80. I take them to the local salon once a week so they can get their hair done. I get a window into what is on the minds of the ladies there who are all mostly around 65-80. They also hosts spades card game they play once a week. Anyway, They're both very social still.

They were so exited to vote for Biden here, I know they would risk their lives or walk through glass, as they say... to be able to vote. It's more than a pro Biden vote, it's also an anti Bernie vote. The hate they feel for him is visceral and it is a big motivator to vote. I don't think Bernie supporter have any idea that there is a large amount of older folks who feel this way. I'm sure there is a lot of Ohio voters disappointed they can't vote tomorrow. I remember how exited and ramped up my mom and her friends were here in MI.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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I am old and that is how I feel about Bernie. katmondoo Mar 2020 #1
In a way, Bernie is driving a large voter turn out. showblue22 Mar 2020 #2
nah Skittles Mar 2020 #5
No, Bernie True Blue American Mar 2020 #27
Both, both seen as toxic manifestations of electorate dysfunctions. Hortensis Mar 2020 #30
me for sure Skittles Mar 2020 #39
Me, too! I want him to go away, and not come back. n/t Tess49 Mar 2020 #11
My older sister is 69 a life long Democratic voter and she thinks Bernie is a evil commie kimbutgar Mar 2020 #3
It's very real. showblue22 Mar 2020 #6
No, True Blue American Mar 2020 #28
Honestly True Blue American Mar 2020 #31
Thanks for that, showblue.. Ohio voter.. Cha Mar 2020 #4
Bernie is running negative ads showblue22 Mar 2020 #8
I know what he's doing. Cha Mar 2020 #10
So do I. showblue22 Mar 2020 #12
Too bad he had such a Cha Mar 2020 #14
It's interesting showblue22 Mar 2020 #15
Yes.. I didn't know DeWine was on the Sunday shows.. Cha Mar 2020 #17
I visited in Sterling Heights last month k8conant Mar 2020 #7
They are the exception showblue22 Mar 2020 #9
I'm impressed you know any Democrats of that age in Traverse City! MaryMagdaline Mar 2020 #13
Many of us are democrats. showblue22 Mar 2020 #16
Apparently young people like that Grumpy Grandpa personality, pnwmom Mar 2020 #18
What the young like True Blue American Mar 2020 #32
I've known my lovely MIL for 35 years renate Mar 2020 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Mar 2020 #20
At age 70, I can assure you that "older," voters are as diverse as whathehell Mar 2020 #21
Ohio will be interesting tomorrow c_junk Mar 2020 #22
I'm a 70 year old Michigan voter and I didn't vote safeinOhio Mar 2020 #23
Did you move from OH to MI? showblue22 Mar 2020 #24
Yes, Moved back a few years ago. safeinOhio Mar 2020 #26
I'm young, and I feel the same way. Shell_Seas Mar 2020 #25
Every Democrat I know is for Biden. True Blue American Mar 2020 #29
My takeaway: rownesheck Mar 2020 #33
My father was 5 years younger than my mother showblue22 Mar 2020 #34
Yeah, wondering that myself frazzled Mar 2020 #35
She's my fathers mother. showblue22 Mar 2020 #37
Got it. frazzled Mar 2020 #38
From my outreach and canvassing in a local 5 county area NCProgressive Mar 2020 #36
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