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Sorry to say, that your outrage is meaningless unless (Original Post) Ninga Jan 2018 OP
People who post on DU are by and large engaged enough to vote. maxsolomon Jan 2018 #1
I have voted in EVERY election since I turned 18 and my husband has as well. onecaliberal Jan 2018 #2
Registration drives are where the outrage should be focused Awsi Dooger Jan 2018 #3

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
1. People who post on DU are by and large engaged enough to vote.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 03:42 PM
Jan 2018

So, "we" don't stay away from the polls. I've never missed an election - of course, I vote by mail so it's pretty easy.

The issue is reaching those who do - the disengaged, the "both sides are the same"-ers, the people who have to work, etc.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
3. Registration drives are where the outrage should be focused
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 04:08 PM
Jan 2018

The net gain from registration drives is never going to be higher than right now.

This is four consecutive years of Republican presidency with the approval rating stuck in the mid 30s to low 40s at highest -- Bush from Katrina forth and now Trump throughout his tenure. Newly registered voters are most influenced by the approval rating of the president when they turn 18 years old.

If all we do is go on talk shows and rant about Trump, that's a form of suppression in itself. Those kids are not going to vote in huge numbers right off the bat, and they won't decide on their own to register in high numbers. But if we make it the absolute priority to get them on the voter rolls then it will pay off handsomely down the road.

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