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In reply to the discussion: If you want to lose the Millennial vote completely, nominate Hillary Clinton. [View all]still_one
(92,061 posts)of left, right, center, and those that don't give a shit. That means, there are millennials that don't care, when I said don't give a shit. It doesn't mean ALL millennials.
I wasn't referring to myself or to all millennials. Like all segments within a demographic there are many views, some more predominate.
I never blamed the millennials or any specific demographic for the election loss. The odds were stacked against the Democrats in this midterm from the get go.
The argument that millennials didn't vote and that is why the Democrats lost is bullshit. Voting turnout was low period. It usually is low during midterms, but this was worse than usual. It is the argument that was used in 2000, that Nader was responsible for Gore's loss. Those who make that assertion assume that the greens would have voted for Gore, and that is a false assumption. I used to subscribe to that assumption, but after thinking it out fully through nothing is guaranteed. No one can take anyone's vote for granted. There may be arguments why one should vote one way or another, but it should never be taken as a given. The book "What's the matter with Kansas" touched on this. A better example is when Jimmy Carter deregulated the airline industry. Labor was quite upset by this, and ended up voting for reagan. Labor's votes were taken for granted by the Democrats, and that assumption not only hurt the Democrats, but the labor unions themselves, and ultimately the country by electing reagan