OnPoint Polling and Research of Raleigh released some numbers that stunned me. Not polling results, but demographics.

According to OnPoint, here is how the active-voting population of North Carolina breaks down by age:

18-19 1%

20-29 5%

30-39 7%

40-49 23%

50-59 22%

60-69 24%

70-79 14%

80+ 5%

In other words, only 13 percent of the voters are under 40! That’s less of the electorate than people aged 70-79.

Nearly two-thirds of all voters (65 percent) are over 50.

This may explain why the world is – depending on your point of view – screwed up or just right.

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