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2016 Postmortem

Betty Karlson

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19. They'll vote allright, for candidates who offer them more than:

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 03:09 AM

Jan 2016

- who else are you going to vote for?
- you are complacent (DWS)
- you are f*cking retarded (Rahm)
- We don't need your vote (Clinton's campaign)
- You just want a pony
- Now is not the right time for that (Obama's administration on gay rights, single payer, and a few more things in 2009)

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Vox: "Bernie Sanders has an 11-point advantage over Hillary Clinton among voters under 35" [View all] gobears10 Jan 2016 OP

...who don't vote. nt onehandle Jan 2016 #1

Allow me to tweet it among over 85 millennials who actually vote. snoringvoter Jan 2016 #5

Thank You, Snoring Voter Plucketeer Jan 2016 #8

Great idea. Do it! zentrum Jan 2016 #13

Tweet The Shit Out of It!!! CorporatistNation Jan 2016 #16

Remind them that Debbie Wasserman Schultz wants to protect them from dangerous legal marijuanas! Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #22

They will this time. zentrum Jan 2016 #11

Mine are excited about Bernie! Duval Jan 2016 #12

Same here. azmom Jan 2016 #18

That was said in '08 too. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #15

They'll vote allright, for candidates who offer them more than: Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #19

If we want to win in November, you better hope you're wrong. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #20

Hillary's campaign folks said something similar right before the Iowa caucuses in 2008. Green Forest Jan 2016 #23

Except when they put Obama in office twice. jeff47 Jan 2016 #24

Women elected Obama twice onehandle Jan 2016 #25

Nope. Take a look at the demographics jeff47 Jan 2016 #28

Cool story, bro. 56% and 55% are what we call pluralities. onehandle Jan 2016 #29

And when there's a plurality on the opposite side of that demographic jeff47 Jan 2016 #31

Your argument continues to run the 'kids elected Obama' premise off the rails. nt onehandle Jan 2016 #32

If that were true, you'd have an easy time showing that with statistics. jeff47 Jan 2016 #34

Some do, our job is to convince the rest of them to vote, no matter which non terrorist randys1 Jan 2016 #27

You're sure hoping so huh madokie Jan 2016 #33

I'm helping them out. OilemFirchen Jan 2016 #2

How did you get them to stop texting long enough to vote? leftofcool Jan 2016 #4

Well, they haven't voted yet. OilemFirchen Jan 2016 #6

Yeah, well, nothing says 'cool' like crotchety old people trying to make fun of youngsters. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #21

This comports with my real life experience. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #3

I see that with the young people where I work. jalan48 Jan 2016 #7

+1000 nt Plucketeer Jan 2016 #9

Wildly Accurate Appraisal! CorporatistNation Jan 2016 #17

None of the people under 30 in my office are registered to vote. nt onehandle Jan 2016 #26

So help them register Krytan11c Jan 2016 #35

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jan 2016 #10

Hah.....rumor is that he has a 100 point lead among voters who intend to vote for him. George II Jan 2016 #14

K & R! n/t in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #30