Millennials and the vote: Adam Parkhomenko tweet of Jacob Soboroff report from Orange County CA

[iluvtennis]

@AdamParkhomenko
brutal. come on folks

Link to tweet

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Gosh I hope this isn't representative of the majority of millennials. Come on folks get out and vote.

[Funtatlaguy]

1. What happened to the GOTV effort that the Fla high schoolers started after shooting?

[Initech]

12. Believe me it hasn't come here yet.

Orange County is a Fox stronghold and most of my neighbors are glued to it 24/7. I really need to find a more liberal place to live.

[NewJeffCT]

14. there are only so many of those kids

and only so much they can do on their own

[brush]

2. Wow! No awareness at all. At what age does social consciousness take hold?

[Turin_C3PO]

4. I'd say

people traditionally start voting in their 30s. Yes it’s sad but it’s always been so, as far as I know. I’m not sure how to turn around the trend. If we can get 35% turnout among youth, Dems will win the Senate and House, IMO.

[iluvtennis]

19. Agree no awareness. They don't care yet cause they don't pay taxes or rent or buy cars

or etc. This is ritzy Orange County CA and their parents are taking care of them and paying for everything.

I was born in LA, but I came up in the poor part of town where we lived pay check to pay check. So I was already economically and socially aware when I got to college and I registered and vote dat 18 years old and have been doing so since then.

My teen daughters will turn 17 in January and can't wait to register to vote even though they won't be able to vote until they turn 18.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. I have been saying this for a while, they don't vote.

Unless and until they can do it from their phones forget it.

[Act_of_Reparation]

5. Clever.

[Turin_C3PO]

6. Doesn't have to do with phones.

The youth have never traditionally voted. We need to get out 35% of them and we will win. GOTV!

[redstatebluegirl]

7. Yes, it does. Everything is about their phones.

You can't even get them to turn them off in class or at work. If we make it easy for them to vote online using their phones the turnout will be much higher.

[Turin_C3PO]

8. I don't know,

I’m 35 and see plenty of phone use among the 35-45 set also. But yes, I agree that voting through the phone is an awesome idea!

[Amishman]

10. Voting by phone is an insanely bad idea, hackers anyone???

Paper ballots only please!

Are our memories so short?

[Turin_C3PO]

13. I get what you're saying, BUT

I don’t think there’s anyway to stop the forward march of technology, unfortunately. Personally, I’d love all paper ballots.

[Rhiannon12866]

21. I absolutely agree with you

Says someone who just had to get a new phone and is having a tough time with it.

[brush]

9. There's merit to that. We have to get back in power to move towards that though...

sort of a Catch-22 for now because of that.

[TeamPooka]

15. except this issue existed long before cell phones. so ease up on that shit. facts are facts

[BSdetect]

11. They are apathetic and don't know or care that they are.

Their only fear is for how much they can earn and how fast they can earn it.

[octoberlib]

16. Mid-term turnout among 18 to 29 year olds has always been low

They say elections are decided by those who show up to vote.There are many inequalities that affect turnout and therefore shift voting power from some groups and to others. Age is one of the strongest of these factors, and it has been since we’ve been able to measure it well. There have been some changes over time, but the basic result, that the young vote less than the old and that turnout climbs with each additional year of life, is one of the most robust findings in political science.



There are many reasons why the young are less likely to vote. These include level of political interest, overcoming the initial barrier of registration to vote, a busy life of many changes, geographic mobility and simply not yet having developed the habit of voting. Some of these factors can be influenced by campaigns and efforts at mobilization. The increase in turnout after 2000 in presidential elections shows that some change can occur. The lack of substantial change in midterm turnout raises doubts as to how much mobilization can be effective in 2018.

After posting this a number of comments asked about change over time, say the last 50 years. I mentioned in the post that this pattern of low turnout among the young and high among the old has been with us since we’ve been able to measure it(1972).

https://medium.com/@PollsAndVotes/age-and-voter-turnout-52962b0884ef

[violetpastille]

17. The Today Show

If I want to know what Milennials think, I ask.


"Clickbaity Newstainment Swiffer-Salesman Interviews 4 Kids at a Bus Stop!"

Ergo, we're doomed?

[LanternWaste]

18. Not doomed. Simply work to get out the vote.

Let's avoid the melodrama of interpretive bias, and stick to the premise.

[Vinca]

20. And these are the people who will be saddled with mountains of debt for much of their

adult lives because of student loan policies made in Washington. Depressing how they don't seem interested at all. (Note: I didn't watch the clip, but saw the piece earlier on MSNBC. Assuming it's the same one.)