Right now the baby boomer generation are your hardcore left and rights people over the age of 55 almost strictly vote down party lines, the same two parties that have robbed them of their money.
:17: it's a tradition, and many are too hard headed to read between the lines. I see it everyday. I hate to say it, but we will be better off when some of that "old thought", much of it including bigotry and religious fanaticism, dies off. I would say the same for socialist views as well, but that doesn't appear to be waning at all. I kind of got off topic, sorry.