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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders thanks Kamala Harris for endorsing single-payer [View all]BainsBane
(53,031 posts)several times a week or to headline prime time specials. It's not like that popularity was spontaneous. It came as rest of media exposure, both free and paid. In another thread, someone even claimed Conyers hadn't been speaking out, because if it's not on cable infotainment, it doesn't exist.
Perhaps you can tell me cue me in on the impact of this inspiration to "rise up and be counted." We certainly didn't see it in voting. 37% of voters 18-34 voted for Trump, with 55% voting for Clinton. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/11/dissecting-the-youth-vote/507416/ The rest voted third party, meaning they chose to plunge the country into fascism, just like their older counterparts. Youth turnout was not up in the 2016 election. It was the same as 2012 and lower than 2008. Youth turnout was up in 2016 party primaries, but far more so in the Republican primaries than in the Democratic ones. In fact, in many states, youth Democratic primary turnout declined in 2016. http://civicyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Youth-Voting-in-2016-Primaries.pdf The major exception to that was NY, which went heavily for Clinton.
Meanwhile, the country continues to descend further into fascism.
As for Conyers, he is representing his constituents, which is what he is elected to do.