Fred, the actual demographic numbers show your assertion false.

I’ve blogged about it in detail here.

Bottom line: There are 8 million more seniors than youth, seniors vote the highest level (75% vs. under 50% for youth), and want vastly different things than youth.

Youth are in the market for mates and jobs and social status, so they adopt various elite attitudes. Seniors fear crime the most, so they want tough on crime attitudes and care less about being called “racist.” They vote a LOT more because public policy matters a lot more to them.

America is older, poorer, and more frightened. “Change” is not something older people want. Neither is “hope.” This is reality, read my post, it’s all based on Census Bureau stats.

As for people in their late 30′s and 40′s, they have houses, mortgages, and families. They are not willing to give up their cars, houses, etc. to save the planet, polar bears, etc. Neither are they willing to have more Affirmative Action which hurts the declining white population to benefit Blacks and Latinos. [The unspoken reality is that racial bloc voting hurts Dems, since there are more middle and blue collar whites than there are Blacks (13%), Hispanics, and tragically hip "whiterpeople" and College Kids.]

The baby bust had a lot of consequences. Among them, the death of the youth culture and the aging of America. When Barack Obama notes that there are more Black men in prison than in College, most of America, older, more vulnerable, is fine with that reality. They’d like more Black men in jail or prison, because it gets them more physical security, which is their highest priority. They’re not 20-something “immortals” figuring they can run or talk their way out of any confrontation.