WTF "Run for Something"

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54. It's that sort of attitude that drove the Independents and Millennials to third parties

They - more than older voters like me - know the problems that will have to dealt with in the future. While Bernie Sanders was running many flocked to him because so many of the issues he supported are the one they face.

Unfortunately while the Sanders campaign drove Hillary more to the left the lies that have been told about her for decades kept them from following her even after Sanders threw his support to her. And her style of campaigning did not appeal to the younger people.

The Democratic Party needs to learn to appeal to these groups or it will be a dead institution. I'm 64 and in many ways I don't think the DNC really represents me. The only reason I stay a Democrat is that in my lifetime the only chance of keeping the Republican Party out of control has been to support Democrats - but they are doing a piss poor job of that!

I'm happy to see Independents and Millennials take an interest. If they want to take control of the party, good for them. People like me are not going to be around when the younger generations are in full control so they might as well get involved and learn how to run things. And I have a lot more hope with the Independents and Millennials that followed Bernie or even Jill Stein or Gary Johnson than I do with anyone who voted for Donald Trump.

If they were among the ones who felt cut out of the process and stayed home on Election Day, the results of this election will teach them what a mistake that was. Those non-voters are more likely to vote in the future and less likely to fall for right wing crap than the people who voted for a reality TV persona.

We CANNOT afford to drive them away - we NEED those young people to revitalize the party and make it more responsive to the voters.