Ryan, and the mythic 'senior vote' - JSOnline

Ryan, and the mythic 'senior vote' - JSOnline ;..  In fact, the long lives seniors have experienced make them more diverse than young people.

Some seniors are veterans of foreign wars; others are ex-hippies who protested those wars. Some have been married and divorced numerous times; some are still with their high school sweethearts. Some grew up wealthy. Some made several fortunes and lost them all. And others have never felt what it's like to have more than a few bucks in their pockets.

Similarly, senior citizens are all over the map politically. I have plenty of old relatives who, if left alone to talk politics, would likely cane each other within 10 minutes.

Yet it still apparently shocks Democrats that seniors around the nation haven't risen up in unison to reject Ryan and his budget plan. According to a recent Washington Post/ABC poll, 50% of seniors nationally view Ryan favorably and only 35% view him unfavorably.