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combatmedicjen · 10-13-2004, 08:24 PM

You could also look at it this way (someone correct me if I'm way off base)...

Generally, younger people tend to be more liberal in their views, and older people tend to be more conservative. This is a generality, of course, but mostly holds true.

So, who spends the most time on the internet, and is more likely to respond to these internet polls? In other words, what is the average age of the typical internet user? It's right around 35 years old. We're the computer generation, no? The internet junkies, the PC gamers, the crowd most likely to hog bandwidth downloading all sorts of crap. Older people grew up without computers and feel less of a need to use them, or may be overall intimidated by them, but we were raised with a mouse in our hand. Younger (and generally more liberally-viewing) people are simply more likely to respond to online polls.

So yes, I belive that internet users lean ever so slightly to the left. When they poll people on the internet I absolutely doesn't surprise me that Kerry is ahead, although every other survey shows Bush leading. Now, if only more young peopel would actually go and vote...

10-13-2004, 08:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
combatmedicjen Banned	You could also look at it this way (someone correct me if I'm way off base)... Generally, younger people tend to be more liberal in their views, and older people tend to be more conservative. This is a generality, of course, but mostly holds true. So, who spends the most time on the internet, and is more likely to respond to these internet polls? In other words, what is the average age of the typical internet user? It's right around 35 years old. We're the computer generation, no? The internet junkies, the PC gamers, the crowd most likely to hog bandwidth downloading all sorts of crap. Older people grew up without computers and feel less of a need to use them, or may be overall intimidated by them, but we were raised with a mouse in our hand. Younger (and generally more liberally-viewing) people are simply more likely to respond to online polls. So yes, I belive that internet users lean ever so slightly to the left. When they poll people on the internet I absolutely doesn't surprise me that Kerry is ahead, although every other survey shows Bush leading. Now, if only more young peopel would actually go and vote...