Got Millenials? Democrats Should Address the Student Loan Crisis Immediately

[jeff47]

97. History didn't start today

First, talk about the stuff you did while you were in power that solved some of their problems. For example, Obamacare means a whole bunch of Millennials can now see a doctor instead of hoping the problem goes away. Unfortunately, the young are still immortal, so that specific example isn't going to be broadly-compelling to Millennials. Would help with young GenX though - hitting 40 means starting to break down.

What'd we do in this election? Democrats ran away in terror from Obama and his accomplishments. So instead of talking about the 14-year-low in unemployment and similar huge accomplishments that help these constituencies, we ran on.....what, exactly?

Second, you stop making their problems worse. For example, stop pushing for H1B visa increases. Stop agreeing to shred their safety net in order to "balance the budget" - only pundits actually give a damn about that.

Third, you push for bills that aren't going to actually pass, but address their problems - there's a reason Republicans tried to repeal Obamacare so many times.

Fourth, you go to places where you are in power - the blue states - and solve their problems. Use those successes to rebuild the national brand.

And the only way to get back in power is to market to the people that actually vote?

Then Democrats will lose every election from now on.

Older boomers are dying off, and the two groups that vote consistently, younger boomers and older GenX, are the tea party.

So instead of relying on actually solving their problems from DC, we're going to have to do something else. Which I mentioned above.

I don't disagree that Democrats have done a shitty job of governing and campaigning, but pretending that not voting and expecting that it will make some kind of difference is just fucking dumb.

They aren't expecting it to make any difference. THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT.

Job market sucks, policies that promote outsourcing pass, safety net continues to be shredded, slash infrastructure spending. Voting for Democrats doesn't change that. Voting for Republicans doesn't change that. So why bother voting?

They're not worried about Grandma's Social Security check because they haven't a clue about her finances. However, they are intimately familiar with their own finances, and there is no connection between those and the letter after their senator's name.