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In reply to the discussion: This Elderly Trump Supporter's Analysis Of What Trump Did To America Is Going Viral [View all]ProfessorGAC
(74,036 posts)54. Great, But...
...she's been voting for 80 years?
Wouldn't that make her at least 101? The voting age didn't change until '71.
She doesn't sound that old to me.
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This Elderly Trump Supporter's Analysis Of What Trump Did To America Is Going Viral [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jul 28
OP
101, not 98. Before the 26th Amendment was ratified on July 1, 1971, you had to be 21 to vote in federal elections.
Celerity
Jul 28
#18
May be she can help open the eyes of the younger members of her family to not vote Republican in next few elections.
Escurumbele
Jul 28
#24
"And coming up next, a popular favorite - a classic, really: "I Didn't Vote For This"!!!
hatrack
Jul 28
#4
After she helped to inflict all of Trump's ugliness on all of us? No, I don't think so.
hatrack
Jul 29
#40
We either do the work to reconcile or settle for a future filled with seething contempt and disdain.
summer_in_TX
Jul 30
#56
They are not smarter, just embarrassed. They'll vote for the same policies under JD
LuvLoogie
Jul 28
#10
I'm glad plenty of kind-hearted DUers countered the hateful message you got.
summer_in_TX
Jul 28
#36
Nah, old biddy, you were always like that. Now it's too late, and lucky you...
mucholderthandirt
Jul 29
#41
"They've turned us into hateful, mean horrible people"? So Her head has been up her ass for the last 50 years.
OverBurn
Jul 29
#52