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the Old Dominion are much more likely than younger Virginians to vote against Ronald Reagan in 1984. This ironic rejection of America’s senior citizen president does not require a complicated explanation. The elderly have simply asked themselves the question that candidate Rfeagan posed to voters in 1980: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” For many of Virginia’s senior citizens the answer is a resounding, “No. ”
Four government statistics tell the story:
• 6,649 fewer elderly Virginians receive food stamps than when President Reagan took office.
80.3%