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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: There's a lot of me. UPDATED [View all]cwydro
(51,308 posts)177. Sounds like we come from similar backgrounds.
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How very revealing that you find Dem. low-voter turnout to be funny, still in mocking mode.
99th_Monkey
Oct 2015
#16
Thanks for describing me, too. Much older white male who lost track of the dems
erronis
Oct 2015
#90
After over 40 years as a registered dem earlier this year I switched to unaffilated.
Autumn
Oct 2015
#233
I really don't think it is the party, it is those who don't in reality support the party platform.
olegramps
Oct 2015
#282
That's exactly how I feel and from what I'm hearing from many othe people, that's exactly
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#242
And now Bernie has inspired a generation who felt totally unrepresented to vote for the first time.
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#84
Perhaps no candidate presented issues that affected his generation. The reason I first voted
LiberalArkie
Oct 2015
#111
Yes, wondering why this self-disenfranchised 27 year old didn't vote for Obama.
cwydro
Oct 2015
#170
You've never voted, yet you are mocking someone who regularly votes for the fact they have voted,
Squinch
Oct 2015
#211
Got it: they never said it... I think we are knee deep into your projections right now,
Squinch
Oct 2015
#223
I'm right behind you on the trash line. Take care and Happy Halloween! Love your pumpkin!
Squinch
Oct 2015
#288
Many didn't start voting until they had kids, in their mid to late 20's. Mock mock mock.
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2015
#116
I never had any either but I came from a political family. Parents Lib Republican
LiberalArkie
Oct 2015
#176
Having children does strange and wonderful things to people, maybe you should try it.
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2015
#189
No one person is superior to another, cwydro. We all live together on this blue and green jewel.
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2015
#195
If you had to support a candidate like Hillary.....you wouldn't have much to work with either ----
virtualobserver
Oct 2015
#29
Honest question. What didn't motivate you enough about Obama? n/m
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Oct 2015
#162
Your indictment of others seem rather indicative of your own reflection in this thread
LanternWaste
Nov 2015
#296
Your interlocutor may well be of an age where he or she couldn't vote 'til age 21.
OilemFirchen
Oct 2015
#109
Millenials don't use Facebook much. Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat are more widely used by them.
LonePirate
Oct 2015
#76
I am also a few years older and have voted in the past two and primaries and local elections.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#27
I'm a fully grown adult but still I want lots and lots of attention because I am finally voting.
Squinch
Oct 2015
#30
You do understand that you are returning my comments as often as I am returning yours, don't you?
Squinch
Oct 2015
#58
I sometimes think I cannot stand any of them. I am an idealist. But also a realist.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#128
I said similar when Bernie yelled down his constituent over Bombs for Israel.
bravenak
Oct 2015
#179
looking at the sea change on issues from marriage equality to pot legalization- that's millenials
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#124
the chart is not "garbage", it's just old. So the age #s under the pies are not accurate, anymore.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2015
#238
LOL, you are 27 and never voted because polls hurt your feelings? OK, maybe you should not vote. nt
Logical
Oct 2015
#35
We probably agree on a lot of core dem stuff. And I bet on the stuff we disagree on I am....
Logical
Oct 2015
#215
I agree that the politicians, the media and pollsters have very little insight of the under-30 crowd
LonePirate
Oct 2015
#62
The possibility that there is a systematic failure in polling and all in one direction....
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#66
There are a lot of you. They should be worried about that. Because it is your generation
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#73
The old establishment polls haven't caught up to the new technology, it has zero to do with
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#117
But the electoral college functions only in Presidential elections, candidates are not the only
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#207
You know what.....I never get polled either. I'm a white 50 year old man. I support Hillary 100%!!
beaglelover
Oct 2015
#122
In matters of conscience the law of majority has no place. Gandhi K&R
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2015
#184
Hillary's Campaign Manager: “A lot of the public polling is not very reliable"
antigop
Oct 2015
#204
I too, have yet to participate in one of these here polls I keep hearing so much about.
Hiraeth
Oct 2015
#285
I damn well hope young people show up to vote. They have sooo much more at stake than older people.
Bread and Circus
Oct 2015
#293