2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Obama Campus Fervor Losing to Apathy as Students Sour on 2012 [View all]Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)I'm a college student. I interact with a ton of college kids. They're more engaged this year than I remember. Okay, that's not true. With the huge primary battle four years ago between Clinton & Obama, more people were following the election from what I remember. But that's not a surprise - there was something fascinating going on.
Even so, I've gone to frat parties, meetings and met with student leaders who are just as energized this time around as four years ago.
My friends are fired up and ready to work their butts off to get Obama reelected.
Is it the same as four years ago? No. But to suggest campuses are becoming more and more apathetic is an outright lie. I'm in conservative Utah and I see more support for Obama among my generation than Mitt Romney or any Republican.
But don't let the MSM know! That won't fit their narrative. Sure, they can go out and find a few people who support their claim that the younger kids are finally souring on Obama, but it's not true.
There is nothing more annoying than people in their 40s telling me I'm supposedly apathetic to Obama now.