When Baby Boomers (the Clintons) were espousing flower power, burning bras and draft cards, and talking of the peace movement, they also advised us old folks that they didn't trust anyone over 30. Now they sit in Congress and most board rooms and learned the world is flat. Not all. Some still think of other matters than approaching retiredment, medical insurance, and the value of 401Ks. Their kids who started out in the late 60s wonder what all the fuss was about, whether we talk history of civil rights or VietNam. Persoanl freedom is a requirement but the global/military/economic establishment is not quite as certain. Forty- somethings have parents who are worrying about getting old, grandparents who are old, and children who live with MySpace and ipods.
But that is such a wild generalization. Some recent high school graduates do know what a bill of habeous corpus is, and some Forty-Somethings care enough about politics to leave the long grass and dirty dishes at home for a political rally.
It's said that breakdown in family discussion of politics came with the microwave and order-in pizza.
Maybe E-campaigners, regardless of age, should logoff and just go out and take political temperatures once a day. In the Kerry campaign I heard over and over that "he doesn't speak to what matters to me." Listening is vital for communication and would probably help a person's cause more than all the T-shirts from China.