Older voters and the 2004 election.

Full Abstract

For several decades, candidates in U.S. presidential election campaigns have articulated policy issues designed to appeal to older Americans. However, exit-poll data have consistently shown that older people have distributed their votes among presidential candidates in roughly the same proportions as the electorate as a whole, favoring the winner of the popular vote. This happened again in 2004. The percentage of older persons voting for George Bush was slightly more than the national average, suggesting that old-age policy issues are not the predominant factors affecting older voters.

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Author information

Author/s: Binstock, Robert H (RH);

Affiliation: School of Medicine, Room WG-43, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. robert.binstock(-atsign-)case.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Gerontologist (Gerontologist), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 46 (issue 3) : pp 382-4

Dates: Created 2006/05/29; Completed 2006/08/04;

PMID: 16731877, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Aged - psychology
Humans
Politics

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