y, political activism by seniors went into a period of decline. However, shortcomings in meeting the needs of seniors in the Social Security Act led to an increased number of organizations representing the needs of seniors. During the 1960s and 1980s, the ôgray lobby,ö as powerful senior organizations became known, experienced dramatic expansion and growth. More in number and more lasting in duration than the political interest organizations for seniors in the 1930s and 1940s, seniors became viewed as a ôclient groupö of government and have continued to become increasingly ôpolicy orientedö and ôpolitically activeö ever since, (Day, 1990, p. 24).
Even in the mid-1960s, senior organizations were characteristic of todayÆs successful organizations, ones that relied upon powerful coaliti
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