One pollster sees “flashing red” signs on youth turnout as Gen Z and millennial voters, who are not satisfied with either party, could again play a decisive role in the next election.
Our oldest (tuned 18 in Dec) wanted to register to vote right away and was voting in midterm elections this spring. Our youngest is 17 and he’s already looking forward to being able to vote in the presidential election next year. It seems like them and their friends are absolutely wanting to get out and vote and they’re all very much liberal and we’re in a county in PA that was Trump +16 in 2020.
And yet they take out their frustrations by posting funny memes on Reddit or snarky comments on Twitter… in other words - gestures that mean nothing. Dumb memes don’t change policies. Voting in numbers does. My generation never had the size of people to ever go up against the Boomers, and yet this younger generation does and time and time again, they prove to be utterly useless. They can go bury their heads in their phone and think watching TikTok all day will solve anything.
@Hazdaz Mostly agree, though they do seem to be mobilizing - at least far better than we (I’m a Millennial) ever did. Long term engagement will probably remain a problem, but we’ll see.
Yeah, I don’t really buy it either. Gen Z and younger seem significantly more pissed off at Republicans, if anything. At least, they ought to be.
Our oldest (tuned 18 in Dec) wanted to register to vote right away and was voting in midterm elections this spring. Our youngest is 17 and he’s already looking forward to being able to vote in the presidential election next year. It seems like them and their friends are absolutely wanting to get out and vote and they’re all very much liberal and we’re in a county in PA that was Trump +16 in 2020.
@CafecitoHippo Very nice.
Yeah, they SHOULD be.
And yet they take out their frustrations by posting funny memes on Reddit or snarky comments on Twitter… in other words - gestures that mean nothing. Dumb memes don’t change policies. Voting in numbers does. My generation never had the size of people to ever go up against the Boomers, and yet this younger generation does and time and time again, they prove to be utterly useless. They can go bury their heads in their phone and think watching TikTok all day will solve anything.
@Hazdaz Mostly agree, though they do seem to be mobilizing - at least far better than we (I’m a Millennial) ever did. Long term engagement will probably remain a problem, but we’ll see.
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Sure thing Boris, whatever you say.
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Did he just sit around twiddling his thumbs for 4 years?
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