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51. Wellp maybe this will give you some confidence :)

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Young voters [View all] AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 OP

Not to mention $50,000+ cars calguy Aug 2022 #1

I bought a really nice car for half of that dsc Aug 2022 #2

You can get a pretty decent new car for $20k DemocracyWins202 Aug 2022 #4

I think they average new car prices and include $100k luxury Meadowoak Aug 2022 #8

I don't think we get our advice from cynical twitter posts DemocracyWins202 Aug 2022 #3

I prefer living in reality AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #6

Twitter's a bit skewed regarding reality Hekate Aug 2022 #89

Well that's sure AF not what happens on Twitter. BannonsLiver Aug 2022 #98

It's TRUE vercetti2021 Aug 2022 #5

It is not inflation when corporations-some foreign buy up housing and create a shortage...then Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #17

Well inthewind21 Aug 2022 #41

I'm a Democrat vercetti2021 Aug 2022 #91

My SO and I were talking about renting earlier this week. Hugin Aug 2022 #136

I be wary of posts that says "there all bad" DemocracyWins202 Aug 2022 #7

The problem existed looooong before 2022 AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #9

They got a raw deal. Massive student debt, low wages, Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #10

Do you understand that these kids borrowed this money and should have known it needed to Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #16

Maybe they went in thinking "I'll get a good job and pay it back, no problem" ck4829 Aug 2022 #20

I expect that was part of it. And many of them live in the moment...don't think about the Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #35

I do understand. For most, their choice was: Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #28

Listen, I know as I have kids this age and they have friends...that a fair number of these kids Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #34

I have kids that age too (early-mid-20s). Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #46

Newsflash inthewind21 Aug 2022 #42

Please, do explain how people over 50 got a raw deal Bettie Aug 2022 #94

Enjoy this 47 minute video explaining all the reasons that's totally wrong: meadowlander Aug 2022 #110

Boomers & up as an overall group made out like bandits economically compared to Millennials & Gen Z Celerity Aug 2022 #116

Young voters are the key to Dems keeping the house Fiendish Thingy Aug 2022 #11

+1 Meadowoak Aug 2022 #12

Yeah that is where you are wrong...the three seats most likely to swing the Senate are Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #15

The sheer numbers of young voters make them the most powerful voting bloc in the US Fiendish Thingy Aug 2022 #23

"Rather than wasting campaign funds trying to flip a small number" Sympthsical Aug 2022 #27

I agree. Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #29

Not unless they vote. And at the moment that isn't happening. Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #36

Bingo! inthewind21 Aug 2022 #44

How do you account for the increase in turnout between 2016 and 2020? Fiendish Thingy Aug 2022 #50

Maybe because DU skews older in general Bettie Aug 2022 #71

We voted in record numbers in 2020 and made up for Boomers and older going for Trump. Celerity Aug 2022 #58

Yeah, you did Bettie Aug 2022 #73

Vote and their issues might matter treestar Aug 2022 #80

Vote and they still do not get effectively addressed, or talked about with Celerity Aug 2022 #109

What do you mean by "they still not get effectively addressed or talked about"? betsuni Aug 2022 #111

all you have to do it vote rather than claim other voters treestar Aug 2022 #127

Such irony. Insults galore. Nixie Aug 2022 #130

+1 betsuni Aug 2022 #135

people who don't vote are not powerful treestar Aug 2022 #70

Their numbers grew between 2016 and 2020 Bettie Aug 2022 #74

if they choose to not vote treestar Aug 2022 #75

What percentage is worthy of having their concerns addressed? Bettie Aug 2022 #76

I don't know where you are getting those ideas treestar Aug 2022 #78

+1 betsuni Aug 2022 #77

So 50% is not enough for them to matter Bettie Aug 2022 #79

I don't understand what you are talking about treestar Aug 2022 #82

Which demographic has 100% turnout? Bettie Aug 2022 #84

A-Frickin-Men Willto Aug 2022 #112

+10000000000 betsuni Aug 2022 #113

Well said! treestar Aug 2022 #128

+! honest.abe Aug 2022 #137

I prefer to view it as untapped power, rather than powerlessness Fiendish Thingy Aug 2022 #87

Gee inthewind21 Aug 2022 #43

Women defending their right to choose will be key Kaleva Aug 2022 #126

If they think a third party is coming to save them, they've got a lot of growing up to do. W_HAMILTON Aug 2022 #13

Or is it AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #18

I listened -- did you? W_HAMILTON Aug 2022 #19

Well considering AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #30

You solve it by voting. W_HAMILTON Aug 2022 #33

Why are you constantly punching down AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #39

It's not punching down, it's pointing out how their thinking and (in)action... W_HAMILTON Aug 2022 #45

+100000000 betsuni Aug 2022 #47

But you are though AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #54

I learned about FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights via Thom H back on (RIP🧡) Air America electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #92

Did you know that back in the late '70s & early '80s a certain amount of younger Germans... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #93

I am sorry but I have never seen these voters turn out. They didn't turn out in 2016 during the Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #21

It is foolish to expect any third party to do anything but spoil elections as they did in 16. Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #37

All they have to do is register and vote treestar Aug 2022 #83

"Young voters are the largest voting bloc" Hey: nobody who fails to vote is a "voting bloc" Hekate Aug 2022 #102

and those who want a third party have to start one treestar Aug 2022 #85

I find it total bullshit and until they accept that there will never be more than two viable parties Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #14

And I'm sure they find it bull that one of those parties is a psycho cult ck4829 Aug 2022 #22

Are you suggesting that we need a competing party to the Democratic Party? Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #38

Gen X too Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #24

What you describe with your Dad being a die maker...is the toll globalism has taken on the Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #40

Disagree (kind of) Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #52

This isn't a productive space for that Sympthsical Aug 2022 #25

+1 H2O Man Aug 2022 #31

Bernie simply became the most prominent person to vocalize our thoughts Sympthsical Aug 2022 #59

Exactly! H2O Man Aug 2022 #62

Oh the irony inthewind21 Aug 2022 #49

I owe myself $5 Sympthsical Aug 2022 #56

Just as surely H2O Man Aug 2022 #60

I also gave myself a lot of money! Bernie Sanders lost twice among Nixie Aug 2022 #121

+1 betsuni Aug 2022 #122

Populism. betsuni Aug 2022 #61

+1. N/T obnoxiousdrunk Aug 2022 #66

Unfortunately + a bunch nt Brenda Aug 2022 #114

I keep waiting for the young people to show up Raftergirl Aug 2022 #26

Are you sure about that? AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #32

It's more about just showing up every four year to vote. Raftergirl Aug 2022 #48

Wellp maybe this will give you some confidence :) AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #51

youth slaters will not be disabused from continuing it, not from what I've seen in my 4+ years here Celerity Aug 2022 #63

Yeah, I've been worn down. Sympthsical Aug 2022 #65

I think it's a lot of Bettie Aug 2022 #81

I keep waiting for the old people to stop voting Republican... Act_of_Reparation Aug 2022 #53

Boom! AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #55

As a certified old person, I (like most older DUers) have voted straight (D) since age 21 Hekate Aug 2022 #88

Precisely my point. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2022 #101

But why do they need persuading? betsuni Aug 2022 #105

Your second question strongly suggests the first was not asked in good faith. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2022 #129

Why does anyone need to be persuaded to vote for Democrats? betsuni Aug 2022 #132

An irrelevant question. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2022 #133

What? betsuni Aug 2022 #134

That's a fairly broad question. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2022 #138

Can anything be done to bring back (inflation adjusted) housing like it was in 1976? Polybius Aug 2022 #57

I think these 2 posts are completely disconnected muriel_volestrangler Aug 2022 #64

2020 Election. Barely over 51% for voters aged 18-24. Lowest among all age groups. Raftergirl Aug 2022 #67

Yep inthewind21 Aug 2022 #68

Young Adult Turnout Nearly Doubled in the 2018 Midterm Elections (plus record numbers in 2020) Celerity Aug 2022 #131

People bashing me would not get me to not vote treestar Aug 2022 #69

"Two party system" is the new anti-establishment buzzword, the new "status quo." betsuni Aug 2022 #72

"Everyone is bashing them & lecturing them" -- I need examples & proof of that Hekate Aug 2022 #86

Biden admin. most diverse, plenty of younger people, progressive. betsuni Aug 2022 #95

The OP... Hekate Aug 2022 #103

"30 doctor's" betsuni Aug 2022 #107

Srsly Hekate Aug 2022 #108

+1 betsuni Aug 2022 #115

I fail to see what's so funny AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #118

"30 doctor's" "talk trash" "How old are you?" betsuni Aug 2022 #120

Yes all those Covid posts sure stir things up AntivaxHunters Aug 2022 #119

This message was self-deleted by its author betsuni Aug 2022 #96

Counting on just our old folks to outvote their old folks + Hitler Youth is no way to win elections. Efilroft Sul Aug 2022 #90

Young voters older voters we can talk to both... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #97

Seems like a solution in search of a problem. BannonsLiver Aug 2022 #99

Young voters older voters we can talk to both... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #100

It makes me sad wsulik Aug 2022 #104

Young people are not supporting Third Parties either JI7 Aug 2022 #106

Young voters have a tendency to sleep during midterm elections. That Emile Aug 2022 #117

I think young voters are deeply susceptible to propaganda... kentuck Aug 2022 #123

Amen. The deceptive Pied Pipers among us are all too willing to Nixie Aug 2022 #124

Doesn't matter. They're all facing bleak futures because of climate change Kaleva Aug 2022 #125