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Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
6. The bulk of *all* voting aged people are above 30, of course
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 10:01 AM
Jun 2018

However those under 30 in 2016 will be over 30 soon.... and in 2016 voting by those under 30 increased compared to 2012.

We don't "all know younger voters don't turn out well" and even if it were true, it doesn't discount the point I am making.

You can keep writing it off as BS but it is clear that you are only doing so because you don't want to face the facts and want to have it both ways - some minority voters (eg the ones who fit your narrative) are more equal than others? I clearly won't convince you, but I will throw a few links out there for anyone who actually wants to see what I'm trying to say:

http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/demographics

From 2017 - note that this again shows that voters of color have a higher favorability of Sanders than do white voters which again contradicts your narrative:
"Last spring, a Harvard-Harris poll found Sanders to be the most popular active politician in the country. African Americans gave the senator the highest favorables at 73 percent — vs. 68 percent among Latinos, 62 percent among Asian Americans and 52 percent among white voters. It wasn’t a fluke: This August, black voters again reported a 73 percent favorability rating for Sanders."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/09/12/its-time-to-end-the-myth-that-black-voters-dont-like-bernie-sanders/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cedce705231b

https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2016/06/07/age-and-race-democratic-primary






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