In addition to the Fiasco in Iraq, the movement conservatives have also decisively lost the culture despite pouring billions into the effort since the early 70s.
Busting Myth, People Turn More Liberal With Age
By Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 2008-03-10 9:20 a.m. ET
By comparing surveys of various age groups taken over a span of more than 30 years, sociologists found that in general, Americans' opinions veer toward the liberal as they grow older.
"All the evidence we have found refutes the idea that as people age their attitudes become more conservative or more rigid," said Nicholas Danigelis, a sociologist at the University of Vermont. "It's just not true. More people are changing in a liberal direction than in a conservative direction."
Danigelis and collaborators Stephen Cutler of the University of Vermont and Melissa Hardy of Pennsylvania State University analyzed data from the U.S. General Social Surveys of 46,510 Americans between 1972 and 2004.
Monday, March 10, 2008
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