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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: CBS poll: 51% of Millennials voting either Republican or Libertarian (white women only 49%) [View all]Codeine
(25,586 posts)70. One can totally agree with your premise,
as I do, while still being bemused by the notion that it should be a deciding factor in anyone's voting decision. Getting high shouldn't be that high a priority. It's infantile.
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CBS poll: 51% of Millennials voting either Republican or Libertarian (white women only 49%) [View all]
geek tragedy
Oct 2016
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better on some issues (LGBTQ equality) generally worse on economic/role of government issues nt
geek tragedy
Oct 2016
#2
young voters are always the least engaged and informed when it comes to voting.
geek tragedy
Oct 2016
#7
My niece just started thinking about politics during the last Canadian election and she's 35 years
Monk06
Oct 2016
#20
especially this election cycle, the big cleaving point amongst white voters
geek tragedy
Oct 2016
#8
election pundits who act as if apathetic young people is a new development nt
geek tragedy
Oct 2016
#17
True. And if it makes a Clinton look bad, they're gonna go for it full throttle! eom
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2016
#81
In most polls of Millennials, Democrats+Greeens < Republicans+Libertarians nt
geek tragedy
Oct 2016
#19
the folks who'll grow out of it are the leaders in our party dragging their feet on pot legalization
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#55
Johnson on the Intertubes has clearly hid his major economic agenda and pushed the weed subject
Johonny
Oct 2016
#77
in general getting our base to turn out more regularly is our #1, #2, and #3 challenge.
geek tragedy
Oct 2016
#51
No, it's 5 pm in the rec room, dinner is late and bingo was cancelled
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#59
Also notable that Trump has the least support from millenials than other age groups.
MirrorAshes
Oct 2016
#31
If Clinton wants to win Millennials, she needs to support marijuana legalization.
LonePirate
Oct 2016
#32
it needs to be descheduled entirely, not rescheduled. Moving it from I to II does nothing to
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#56
Well, that's something the GOP can be comforted with. THey need a certain number of twits to con
Bill USA
Oct 2016
#33
Yeap, I've said it before PoC millenials are scared shitless of Dumbass'd Donald and part of the
uponit7771
Oct 2016
#39
Remind them to vote on Nov. 10th. Let them know they can text it into Buzzfeed. nt
TeamPooka
Oct 2016
#42
so we've dropped the ball on an issue we should be supporting anyway, then.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#54
It's not just about "getting high". The drug war is a decades long clusterfuck that has destroyed
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#75
not all government is good. Putting pot smokers in prison isn't good government.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#61
You should ease up on the contempt. It's not good for the digestive system.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#64
I'm talking about the broad-brushed contempt for young people that comes through in your posts here.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#74
Legalization happens to be on the ballots of several states this November, that's one salient point.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#83
the problem is that the libertarians have managed to stake out ideological turf on personal choice
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#87
well here's another example. Drug companies get rich selling opiates, too.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#96
Seems like 30-64, post that age you hit the boomer culture warriors that won't ever give up
Johonny
Oct 2016
#79
white milennials voted for Romney, and I'd be very surprised if Clinton beats Trump head to head
geek tragedy
Oct 2016
#69
I am the mother of a Millennial.. and I know not one Millennial going Independent..
Peacetrain
Oct 2016
#80
I have a theory on this on.. Millennials are closer to their parents than previous generations
Peacetrain
Oct 2016
#85