--- title: Donald Trump: What Republican Senior Citizens Think of Him description: As Republicans look to unify, some wonder if senior voters will show up to back Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/4328099/donald-trump-senior-voters-california/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-12T20:51:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:07:10.557Z article:section: Politics og:title: What Republican Senior Citizens Think of Trump og:description: See their thoughts in this video. og:url: https://time.com/4328099/donald-trump-senior-voters-california/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45bf072cb0486a92/698892f38e06014a80465d72/tout-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tout 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What Republican Senior Citizens Think of Trump twitter:description: See their thoughts in this video. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45bf072cb0486a92/698892f38e06014a80465d72/tout-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Republican Seniors Talk About Donald Trump by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/), [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) and [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) May 12, 2016 8:51 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/), [Francesca Trianni](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) and [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) May 12, 2016 8:51 PM UTC As it becomes increasingly likely that voters next November will be deciding between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, two [historically unpopular](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-distaste-for-both-trump-and-clinton-is-record-breaking/) [candidates](http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/22/politics/2016-election-poll-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/), the question for both sides has now become: will their voters show up? That question is especially pressing for Republicans, since [many conservatives disapprove](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/06/everybody-hates-donald-trump/?tid=a%5Finl) of the presumptive GOP nominee. Since older voters have the highest voter turnout of any age group, we went to Atria Senior Living center in Orange County, California, to talk to older conservatives about whether they plan to support Trump or Clinton. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4328099/donald-trump-senior-voters-california/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4328099/donald-trump-senior-voters-california/"},"headline":"Watch Republican Seniors Talk About Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-05-12T20:51:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:07:10.557Z","description":"They shared their thoughts after bingo","url":"https://time.com/4328099/donald-trump-senior-voters-california/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","Republican","senior citizens","voters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45bf072cb0486a92/698892f38e06014a80465d72/tout-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Francesca Trianni","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Diane Tsai","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45bf072cb0486a92/698892f38e06014a80465d72/tout-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tout 1","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4328099/donald-trump-senior-voters-california/","name":"Watch Republican Seniors Talk About Donald Trump"}}]}] ```