>It's funny you should say that Evan. I see the opposite ocurring. I know quite a few people that were hard core liberals (Democrats who were very liberal in their thinking) in college, 20s, and 30s but in their 40s became almost right-wing conservatives. The reason could be argued from both sides.

Stats show that people tend to become more conservative as they age, but rarely completely change the basic core values. In otherwords libersls become slightly more conservative liberals.