Tuesday, April 13, 2004

It's doesn't matter where you live.

So politics today has Republicans banking on the South, and Democrats banking on the Northeast. But what would happen when partisan support no longer is regionalized, but begins to cross regional lines, with aspects such as age?

In one corner we've got the new school. I'm talking 18-30 years of age.
In the other corner, we've got the old school. 30+ years of age voters.

This is actually happening, not in the United States, but in the Republic of Korea, otherwise known as South Korea.

Check it out...

TAEGU, South Korea, April 10 - In South Korea, regionalism has traditionally been the deciding factor in elections. People here in the southeast, used to sending military and civilian rulers to Seoul, backed the Grand National Party or other conservative parties. Voters in the southwest have supported the opposition parties.

But in the two-week campaign leading up to South Korea's parliamentary elections on April 15, age has replaced regionalism as the single most important factor. There are signs that younger voters here will vote based on the issues important to their generation rather than according to their region.

Read on at the NYTimes

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