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Survey: Granny's watching
Poll conducted by GrannyVoter .org shatters myth of the selfish grandparent looking out for No. 1 on Election Day.Date published: 10/27/2004 By MICHAEL ZITZ • Check out new interactive guides on the candidates and the issues you care about. Greedy Granny is dead. Long live Goody-Two-Shoes Granny. The first-ever national poll targeting grandparents indicated yesterday that older voters--a huge, but far from monolithic voting bloc in next week's presidential election--care as much or more about policies' impact on future generations as they do their own personal interests. The poll of 1,161 registered voters, including 568 grandparents interviewed by phone from Oct. 15 to 18, was commissioned by GrannyVoter.org and performed by Ipsos-Public Affairs. It shows that even on Medicare and Social Security, 73 percent of grandparents will vote based on either the interests of their grandchildren or a combination of their own interests and those of their progeny. Of that 73 percent, 21 percent said they'll vote solely on the interests of their grandchildren. On other issues, the percentage of grandparents who say they are taking the interests of their progeny into account are even higher: Diplomacy and international cooperation: 89 percent. Terrorism and national security: 84 percent. The environment: 83 percent. The deficit: 81 percent. And when asked if they agree with the statement "I am voting on issues that personally affect me in the near term, as well as issues that have long-term implications for [my grandchildren's future/future generations]," a total of 94 percent of grandparents said yes. Former Colorado Democratic Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, a Grannyvoter.org founder, said during a telephone conference with reporters yesterday that the poll sends a message that grandparents will hold politicians responsible for decisions that affect their grandchildren's future. "Politicians of late have gone out and divided voters into different groups and decided they only need to have one message per group," she said. She said those politicians think to themselves, "The greedy grannies--those are the ones we have to talk to about the price of their pills and protecting Social Security." "But that's not our main motivating factor," Schroeder said.
Date published: 10/27/2004
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