"The fearties and well off pensioners"

I would regard myself as neither and, whatever the exact figures, many people of all ages also voted "No". The over 65s wouldn't have carried the day on their own.

It's also an erroneous assumption that the political views of an individual will always remain constant throughout his or her lifetime. If this was the case, then the Tories would have long ceased to exist but many former left leaning young people become conservative with a small "c" as they get older, buy property, move up the ladder of life and so on. I'm not suggesting that this is right or necessarily a good thing but it appears to be what happens.

Dick Gaughan sadly summed it up in this song.

http://www.dickgaughan.co.uk/songs/texts/whathappened.html