WTF is wrong with our young people??

[MineralMan]

36. Yeah, I was doing that, too.

But guess what? College age people didn't turn out to vote in any higher percentages then than they have in other elections. Some of us were activists during the Vietnam War. Some of us voted for Democrats, too, although our candidates didn't do so well nationally. There were also people our age who voted as Republicans and a majority of young people who didn't bother to vote at all, or even register to vote.

So, today, there are young people who are out protesting climate change and other things. Probably about the same percentage as protested the Vietnam War, if my rough counts are accurate. There are young people who are active in politics and who vote for Democrats and work to get others out to vote. And, as in the late 60s, there are young people who vote for Republicans. There's also a majority of young people who will not vote at all or who will not even bother to register to vote.

It's the same deal as it was then, really.