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anniebelle

(899 posts)
6. So, why didn't they vote?
Mon Mar 20, 2017, 06:44 AM
Mar 2017

About half the number of eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 29 (whom we’ll refer to as “millennials,” although

millennials also include people in their early-to-mid-30s) cast ballots in this election. That rate falls well below the estimated

general voter turnout rate of roughly 58 percent. About 55 percent of those millennial voters supported Clinton, as compared

to the 60 percent who supported Obama in 2012, according to CIRCLE’s analysis. Conversely, youth support from

Republicans remained relatively constant: Trump got about 37 percent of the youth vote, roughly equivalent to what Mitt

Romney received in 2012.
That’s according to an analysis of 2016 exit poll data by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and

Engagement (CIRCLE), a nonpartisan research organization at Tufts University.
NOW, how do we get these young people to the polls? Put an APP on their Smart Phone? Promise them pizza and porn?

I don't know ~ I give up ~ it's their future they are putting in the hands of con-men and traitors. I've voted in every election

since I was 'of age', I am now 72 ~ nobody had to conjole me, threaten me, or promise me a pony ~ I do it because I care

about my country and my fellow citizens, especially those less fortunate than myself.

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