A significant portion of them are even more politically engaged and energetic than younger generations. Just look at the American Association of Retired Persons. AARP has 30 million members and its ranks are growing as that demographic giant, the Baby Boomers, moves up the pipeline. And this is not a group that is stuck in the past. In the first week that AARP had offered its online voting registration, more than 12,000 people registered.
Seniors are a population that politicians traditionally aim to win.
We do get out there and vote, yes. And at the top of that list is health care. They're often unimpressed by managed care and HMOs and letting the marketplace and drug companies set the price of drugs. Many complain that the same drug is far cheaper just across the border in Canada and Mexico. People are constantly going across the border to buy the same prescription for a lot less money.