We need a new Democratic Party, that much is clear

[joshcryer]

310. Then why aren't the youth voting?

Because they have confidence in their political choices?

Face it. Democrats have a bad name because of the continual bashing of them. Left, right, whatever.

Democrats rely on the youth vote, which aren't reliable. The Republicans rely on the older vote, which is going to vote regardless. It really is that simple. It's unfortunate that we have to wait a generation for those older voters to simply die off to actually enact change, which is why I don't see substantive change until 2020 at the minimum, more like 2024. It's disappointing, but that's how it is, to me.

To me voting is a vanity thing, GOTV, activism, campaigning, those are things that matter. And like 2010, the Democrats and activist left failed. But since this seems to be a reoccuring theme, perhaps the activist left failed long before that, in the years leading up to the election with the "discussion" that ultimately led to the conclusion that Democrats are no better than Republicans. This is why we have, say, Colorado voting down anti-abortion legislation, while voting in a lying Republican (top ten pro-lifer), or why we have Alaska voting in a Republican after passing marijuana legalization.

Hey, why not vote for the Republican if they're no different, right?