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BluesRunTheGame

(1,787 posts)
Sat Mar 2, 2024, 06:31 PM Mar 2024

Democratic Underground: Participation by age and gender. [View all]

I know that most of the regular posters here are older folks. I’m curious how many younger people stop by and read DU for news and information. A recent post suggested that among younger Americans women were becoming more liberal while men were becoming more conservative. I wonder if that’s reflected by DUs readership.


294 votes, 4 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Younger than 20, male.
0 (0%)
Younger than 20, female.
0 (0%)
20s, male.
0 (0%)
20s, female.
1 (0%)
30s, male.
5 (2%)
30s, female.
1 (0%)
40s, male.
11 (4%)
40s, female.
7 (2%)
50 and up, male.
145 (49%)
50 and up, female.
124 (42%)
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K&R PatSeg Mar 2024 #1
What about non binary? Or other genders? Lunabell Mar 2024 #2
That could be a different poll. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #3
I know space was limited but in a separate poll, I am fucking curious to how the numbers would play out, as well. SoFlaBro Mar 2024 #47
Definitely older. MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 #4
Many of us started Out on DU over 20years ago.. Cha Mar 2024 #5
I started lurking here in 2005. bamagal62 Mar 2024 #9
Looking Back it Cha Mar 2024 #12
Yes Cha bdamomma Mar 2024 #16
lol.. yeah, 50+ a few decades! Cha Mar 2024 #46
Damn... Ohio Joe Mar 2024 #19
Good on you.. it's still a long time. Cha Mar 2024 #25
I also left & came back. Dulcinea Mar 2024 #42
Female Many Moons older... yours is about Cha Mar 2024 #45
Old Timewas Mar 2024 #6
I'll be entering into that Cha Mar 2024 #28
Me too, in November! It's exciting. Croney Mar 2024 #59
🫶 Deuxcents Mar 2024 #34
K&R...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2024 #7
I'm one of the younger ones here ClimateHawk Mar 2024 #8
I've been around since 2001. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #10
I've been following DU for a long time TexasDem69 Mar 2024 #24
If the poll is accurate, this place is practically devoid of anyone under 50. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2024 #43
Message boards/forums have been in decline for years now DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2024 #52
We came when BushCheney were installed. We were in robust active middle age then... Hekate Mar 2024 #58
I found this site in 2003 at the age of 19. Elessar Zappa May 2024 #65
Bravo, glad you're here. It's vital to have people of diff ages and appalachiablue Mar 2024 #32
Wishing you an early Happy Birthday and a wonderful coming year. niyad Mar 2024 #60
I joined in October of 2001, the day after my thirty-third birthday. Aristus Mar 2024 #11
I started reading DU on 9/11. I signed up and started posting in December or January. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #13
I'll never leave bdamomma Mar 2024 #17
DU used to have a portrait gallery. Aristus Mar 2024 #18
They bdamomma Mar 2024 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author bdamomma Mar 2024 #23
Interesting 3auld6phart Mar 2024 #53
I can remember posts about DU meet-ups, either group or individuals & couples. I haven't seen any of those in a while. NBachers Mar 2024 #33
I went to many meetups. intheflow Mar 2024 #51
I left in 2010 BOSSHOG Mar 2024 #37
Honestly you should start it at 40 and up. There are a LOT of 70+. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 #14
I know we skew older. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #15
I hit the big 7 0 BOSSHOG Mar 2024 #36
Just turned 45 today; male. Joined right after 9/11 (found DU via BartCop, RIP). I was 100% non-political Grown2Hate Mar 2024 #20
Happy birthday! BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #21
Thank you! :) At my age I don't make a Grown2Hate Mar 2024 #39
Clearly member of majority, elleng Mar 2024 #26
It's Saturday night and maybe the younger DUers are out for the evening Deuxcents Mar 2024 #27
Maybe they post from their desks at work through the week... BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #29
How about adding a few categories: AverageOldGuy Mar 2024 #30
Interesting breakdown: 20s, 30s, 40s, and "50s and older"? TygrBright Mar 2024 #31
I know most of us are over 50. I'm here almost every day. I read the posts. I think I have a pretty good sense... BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #38
What? limbicnuminousity Mar 2024 #41
A lot of us in the senior cohort were in our 30s when we discovered DU. Earth-shine Mar 2024 #35
Probably should be an internal survey, but nothing public that oppositions firms could leverage. TheBlackAdder Mar 2024 #40
One thing is obvious. bluedigger Mar 2024 #44
I made it to the nearest open convenience store after midnight, DemocraticPatriot Mar 2024 #48
Been here since Jun 3, 2002 GoneOffShore Mar 2024 #49
Kick BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #50
IMO, there's a fatal flaw in this poll Polybius Mar 2024 #54
I didn't post the poll to find out who's here. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2024 #55
I hear ya Polybius Mar 2024 #56
We need some young peoples 😀 malaise Mar 2024 #57
We were the young people! 🤣😂 Hope22 Mar 2024 #61
That is great news malaise Mar 2024 #62
Flaw is that Gen Z doesn't know what a message board is - TBF Apr 2024 #63
40 years old, male. Elessar Zappa May 2024 #64
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