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ObscurePiton

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107. I too would like clarification on that point.

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 12:49 PM

Mar 2025

That in a representative democracy, politicians must message to capture the greatest possible portion of their constituency seems an entirely uncontroversial observation... yet, here we are.

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This Is Why Young People Really Voted for Trump [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2025 OP

Have fun young'uns. Trump promised to make eveyone rich! NCDem47 Mar 2025 #1

Yup, they will get sold into wage slavery and corporate towns. Initech Mar 2025 #3

16 Ton and what you get. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #32

I owe my soul to the company store! Initech Mar 2025 #37

One of my dad's favorite tunes. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #46

OMG, I'm a South Park fan but haven't seen this one. Amazon, wowzer! Abolishinist Mar 2025 #57

Yeah that South Park bit was one of Matt & Trey's best! Initech Mar 2025 #58

That was perfect NJCher Mar 2025 #81

Simpleton's wanting a savior... pbmus Mar 2025 #56

That's because a lot of people B.See Mar 2025 #126

Which means we never really got the message to them. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #2

Or they are idiots Meowmee Mar 2025 #7

If they are idiots, we need a message that resonates with idiots. Because we need their votes Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #19

The problem is a large part of the electorate doesn't care about your messages that much Meowmee Mar 2025 #53

If they don't care, we didn't convince them. We need at least the ones who stayed home. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #82

No matter how much you coddle these people and give in to whatever their whims are Meowmee Mar 2025 #95

If we don't get some of them, we'll never win. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #97

Yes that part is true Meowmee Mar 2025 #118

Proof: how quickly excuses change -- student loan debt, the environment, but he's old, Gaza, the economy. betsuni Mar 2025 #99

Then we better convince more older people to vote for Democrats. Mariana Mar 2025 #111

They aren't idiots LearnedHand Mar 2025 #48

Yes they are... Meowmee Mar 2025 #51

That's true of every Trump voter, regardless of age. Mariana Mar 2025 #105

A distinction without a difference. ObscurePiton Mar 2025 #49

LOL good one, that is what psycho did Meowmee Mar 2025 #55

And psycho won. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #83

Maybe try to be psycho Meowmee Mar 2025 #94

So what are you saying? Do nothing to get more votes than we just did? Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #98

I too would like clarification on that point. ObscurePiton Mar 2025 #107

No, we need to get more votes, that part is clear Meowmee Mar 2025 #119

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2025 #101

THIS. nt SkylineChili Mar 2025 #129

My first thought as well. Messaging, damn it! yonder Mar 2025 #9

Sure. It is all about "messaging." valleyrogue Mar 2025 #22

Where is that extremism coming from? Messaging. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #88

BUT media has been right wing for way too long for that to still be a legitimate excuse. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #84

Agree. (mostly) yonder Mar 2025 #91

Assholes Xoan Mar 2025 #4

Everybody: Stop bashing young people !! Trust_Reality Mar 2025 #59

Why don't you police/have a go at the older Gens? They vote Rethug at higher rates overall than us younger folk do. Celerity Mar 2025 #69

I like bollocks! True Dough Mar 2025 #127

Democracy only really functions when people are educated and engaged AZJonnie Mar 2025 #5

Israelis poured into the streets when Netanyahu tried to undermine their legal system. Trump has taken a sledgehammer Demovictory9 Mar 2025 #6

I doubt this has anything to do with recent changes in the educaiton system. Mariana Mar 2025 #25

it's the gender gap pstokely Mar 2025 #60

The gender gap appears in every age group. Mariana Mar 2025 #75

The Gender Gap: Young Women +17 for Harris, Young Men +14 for Trump Celerity Mar 2025 #128

Historians have a word... TxGuitar Mar 2025 #8

If that's the case, then they're idiots. Sorry. flvegan Mar 2025 #10

That's a winning argument iemanja Mar 2025 #12

Then let's accuse pele of eating pets because that helped the Republicans JI7 Mar 2025 #16

In all that information on our phones, what was our message? Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #85

To paraphrase Indiana Jones movie, They chose poorly. Hassler Mar 2025 #11

FA, not FO. AlanAdam Mar 2025 #76

I laughed too GusBob Mar 2025 #87

So what happens in the next election? Are they going to use their brains this time? Aristus Mar 2025 #13

It might be a better idea to try to get more older voters to support Democrats. Mariana Mar 2025 #26

Those things were at risk before, and they didn't give a shit. Aristus Mar 2025 #30

Older folks are starting find out about Health Care Costs. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #38

or maybe better messaging in a fractured media landscape pstokely Mar 2025 #61

So true, Americans never want to admit they're wrong or if they don't know something. betsuni Mar 2025 #31

So because they are dumbfucks JI7 Mar 2025 #14

Wow. Insightful... Probatim Mar 2025 #35

50% of the population score 100 or less. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #39

I blame their parents for not raising them right. Emile Mar 2025 #15

The parents who work full time, sticking the kids in front of a video game? WarGamer Mar 2025 #18

The majority of their parents voted for Trump. Mariana Mar 2025 #28

The NYT Author misses the whole point... WarGamer Mar 2025 #17

" Guess they're in the "Find Out" stage now. the Ars Longa Mar 2025 #20

Bullshit. This is all on young white males valleyrogue Mar 2025 #21

Most white males in every age group voted for Trump. Mariana Mar 2025 #29

Testosterone does have a lot to do with it. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #40

Majorly young people didn't vote for Trump uponit7771 Mar 2025 #23

according to data, majority of young men voted for tRump, majority of young women voted for Harris pstokely Mar 2025 #62

The majority of men in every age group voted for Trump. Mariana Mar 2025 #74

black men didn't pstokely Mar 2025 #80

That's true, but it's not really relevant to this discussion. Mariana Mar 2025 #112

YouGov poll had different results womanofthehills Mar 2025 #24

19 Thousand? ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #116

Between stuff like this and NoveltySocks Mar 2025 #27

They thought "inflation" was high?? They should have been around in 1980... Jack Valentino Mar 2025 #33

Inflation in Early 1980s. AlanAdam Mar 2025 #79

And who got elected POTUS in 1980? Ursus Rex Mar 2025 #113

I love ageism on this site... Especially when it's directed at a generation of voters most of you don't understand. Probatim Mar 2025 #34

Yep, nothing is black and white. It's all gray and on a curve. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #42

Yet here we are. Aiding and abetting the right's plan to keep us divided. Probatim Mar 2025 #47

I'm 76 and have never voted for a Republican. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #67

Congratulations on being part of the minority of people your age Mariana Mar 2025 #73

My father lived to age 90 and also did the same, multigraincracker Mar 2025 #78

I belong to the local Democratic Party and multigraincracker Mar 2025 #68

don't blame the youth, blame white men pstokely Mar 2025 #64

Most young people voted for Kamala Harris. This is about those that voted for Trump JI7 Mar 2025 #65

For all that would condemn an entire generation to stupidity, how'd your age demographic vote? Ilikepurple Mar 2025 #36

many are focused on the propaganda coming from old media rather than the new media pstokely Mar 2025 #63

It's not fair to expect the young voters to bail us out every time Mariana Mar 2025 #72

So they are just as dumb as the rest of the population Iris Mar 2025 #41

Not quite. Mariana Mar 2025 #44

Good point. Iris Mar 2025 #45

My non-existent confidence in young people and their decision making process NoMoreRepugs Mar 2025 #43

Proof that many young people do not have the lived experience to discern fact from fiction, truth from lies, Jit423 Mar 2025 #50

I doubt that lived experience has much to do with it. Mariana Mar 2025 #70

If that is true, young people are remarkably stupid and gullible. ananda Mar 2025 #52

Older people were more likely to vote for Trump than young people. Mariana Mar 2025 #71

Who the hell knows, but a lot of it is tied in with misogyny and racism. ananda Mar 2025 #103

Not all older people. B.See Mar 2025 #121

who do you think buys male enhancement pills? pstokely Mar 2025 #117

"A substantial number of young people...hoped that Mr. Trump would bring relief (from high prices)." LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #54

Because they get their news from social media. legallyblondeNYC Mar 2025 #66

They may be the most propagandized-to generation of western youth since 1930s Germany. RockRaven Mar 2025 #77

I just flat out don't believe it. tavernier Mar 2025 #86

The exit polls say about 43% of voters aged 18-29 voted for Trump. Mariana Mar 2025 #93

we all live in our own bubbles pstokely Mar 2025 #115

Wonder what the hell "the economy" means to Americans these days. Has to have a new meaning, but what. betsuni Mar 2025 #89

$1 gallon gas, cheap cars, food and iPhones durablend Mar 2025 #90

This is what happens when you only read headlines on social media. nini Mar 2025 #92

I bet they feel pretty stupid now. eShirl Mar 2025 #96

This is exactly why I think Dems.. biocube Mar 2025 #100

Duh. 2024 was about inflation. People stupidly believed Trump would fix it. nt Blasphemer Mar 2025 #102

This is what Trump and MAGA offers them and they believe. Ping Tung Mar 2025 #104

Many young people get their news solely from social media and podcasts, Quiet Em Mar 2025 #106

TikTok did to them what they said Facebook did to their grandparents. W_HAMILTON Mar 2025 #108

Isn't it mostly young men -? flamingdem Mar 2025 #109

The majority of men of all ages voted for Trump. Mariana Mar 2025 #110

This is deceptively worded, imo, B.See Mar 2025 #120

According to the exit polls, 55% of men voted for Trump. 55% is a majority. Mariana Mar 2025 #122

Well, you're quoting an NBC exit poll, whereas B.See Mar 2025 #123

While all of that is interesting, it isn't really relevant to the topic of this thread. Mariana Mar 2025 #124

Bottom line is, B.See Mar 2025 #125

In part. H2O Man Mar 2025 #114

"...concern about the state of the economy..." GiqueCee Mar 2025 #130

Not many young people go into the details. Woodwizard Mar 2025 #131