Young Adults Say Our System Has Completely Failed

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18. There response would be

"vote for what?"
I have two 20-ish year old children and I can promise you that I exactly what they would say.
Don't get me wrong, I raised them right, they vote Democratic but only because the alternative is much worse.
For many young people the Democratic Party is little more than the lesser of two evils. From their perspective there is little incentive to vote but some vote out of necessity or obligation to a relative or something but few out of a honest sense that they genuinely want to vote for Democrats.
Younger candidates, that absolutely understand this dynamic, get a lot more votes because they often run on a platform that speaks to their concerns, like getting money out of politics, income inequality, affordability and civil rights.They also do it in a way that seems authentic and not just maneuvering to get their vote.