Old folks and voting.

[Gandalf]

I've seen it remarked by a few people here and in RL that older people tend to vote for the status quo.

The most notable example for me was everyone my grandmother knew telling about how they voted against a republic back in '99 because; "If you're unsure of something, just vote against it."

Could the aging "baby boomers" generation represent a major obstacle to pushing more progressive social and possibly fiscal policies through government?

[Captain Kruger]

I've seen it remarked by a few people here and in RL that older people tend to vote for the status quo.

The most notable example for me was everyone my grandmother knew telling about how they voted against a republic back in '99 because; "If you're unsure of something, just vote against it."

Could the aging "baby boomers" generation represent a major obstacle to pushing more progressive social and possibly fiscal policies through government?

In the case of American baby boomers, it depends on how much of their parents attitudes they digested. The WW2 generation pretty much has the attitude of 'if it causes an uproar, it's wrong'. But the baby boomers were in their 20s during the Social Revolution of the 1960s. It all comes down to which was more influential in their lives: the outside world around them or their parents' indoctrination.