Gallup (if you trust them) has confirmed what we've all been saying about the Democrats' problems with senior voters.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/168083/seniors-realigned-republican-party.aspx
The Democratic party actually had an advantage with those +65 until 2006 but plummeted shortly after and dropped into negative territory by 2010. The drop roughly coincides with Obama's presidency, with Gallup noting that race is a factor for this group of voters.
Honestly, I'm surprised that senior citizens were so Dem up until 2006
Isn't that a simple side effect of older voters "leaving" the electorate (i.e. dieing). Up until recently you had senior citizen cohort groups that still remembered the Great Depression and FDR which might have made them more likely to be lifelong Democrats.
