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2016 Postmortem

otohara

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24. It's Official re: Millennials

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #19)

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 05:19 PM

Dec 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/02/yes-you-can-blame-millennials-for-hillary-clintons-loss/?postshare=5361480700973585&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.265d8d432306

Potus said it too in recent Rolling Stone

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Massive Voter Apathy - The Undiscussed Factor in 2016 [View all] MineralMan Dec 2016 OP

In Michigan, there were about 90,000 ballots without the presidential section filled out. muntrv Dec 2016 #1

Yes. Every state has many of those ballots. MineralMan Dec 2016 #2

If you count voter preferences another way, it was actually a landslide for "None of the Above." TonyPDX Dec 2016 #26

45% didn't vote. Mz Pip Dec 2016 #3

That is true. MineralMan Dec 2016 #4

80% turn out in my neck of the woods. Mz Pip Dec 2016 #14

Look at the areas that didn't turn out, much were in conservative areas. The Indy & X-Over Reps. TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #30

I read that it was more like 50% mitch96 Dec 2016 #37

Apathy - or "They're both terrible", marybourg Dec 2016 #5

Although true. Faux new has about 2.5 million watchers yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #6

Well some medium is spreading identical memes marybourg Dec 2016 #8

Yeah the entire media is changing. It is sad to watch. yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #11

If someone has bothered to vote but didn't fill out part of the ballot The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #7

It's an election. You have choices on the ballot. MineralMan Dec 2016 #10

You have no argument from me. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #13

I have been posting about this topic Mosby Dec 2016 #9

Many people treat elections as some sort of wish fulfillment, MineralMan Dec 2016 #12

I don't get it either, but then I have voted in every election since I was 18. Mosby Dec 2016 #16

I couldn't vote until I was 21, in 1966. MineralMan Dec 2016 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #15

Reported by whom? Links please. Kingofalldems Dec 2016 #39

The 2016 vote totals are damn close to the 2012 vote totals. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #17

Apathetic or Vindictive? otohara Dec 2016 #18

There were some who voted out of spite. MineralMan Dec 2016 #23

Half of the millenials were especially silent flamingdem Dec 2016 #19

It's Official re: Millennials otohara Dec 2016 #24

It might help flamingdem Dec 2016 #25

I just dont get it. Often those having the most to loose sit and let others determine their future, RKP5637 Dec 2016 #29

I think we discourage voting in this country. iscooterliberally Dec 2016 #20

Well said!!! Many just don't seem to understand the importance of voting and especially as an RKP5637 Dec 2016 #28

I agree although I have never tried voting by mail. iscooterliberally Dec 2016 #32

... RKP5637 Dec 2016 #33

Don't mistake voter disenfranchisement and suppression for apathy BainsBane Dec 2016 #21

Disenfranchisment has another face sweetroxie Dec 2016 #34

Now they can see the consequences of that false equivalency BainsBane Dec 2016 #36

A point of apathy for those that do vote is failing to review and vote for judges where such is the RKP5637 Dec 2016 #27

There were at least 20 judges on my ballot. MineralMan Dec 2016 #38

It's often hard to soar like an eagle when one is forced to fly along with a bunch of turkeys. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #31

Yeah, we can hate the "rural, redneck" voters all we want. cwydro Dec 2016 #35