Remember prior to the election when MSNBC went to UC Irvine and pushed the idea .......

[rufus dog]

that students won't vote.

This issue I immediately had was where students were interviewed, at a bus stop where students who take the bus for an hour are gathered. The students most likely to be busting their asses of to make it through school. Many first generation Americans, working a job and going to school.

Now literally above where MSNBC performed the interview is a foot bridge used by students who walk from the surrounding apartments to school. Turns out the voters from those apartments went for the D candidate, by a 9 to 1 margin.

I understand why the reporters picked the spot, largest gathering spot near the campus in the early morning. Issue is they got a group of 25 to 30 students and made an assumption. A group that would be heavily skewed to 18 and 19 year olds rather than 18 to 23 year olds. Then we (collectively) bitch about the lack of youth vote. In my district it appears that the youth vote delivered a Dem Rep to a district that was + 8 Repuke.




https://www.ocregister.com/2018/12/03/orange-countys-final-vote-count-reveals-republicans-voted-for-democrats-69-per-house-vote-and-historic-turnout/amp/?fbclid=IwAR3dJPKc8rITiJ9g-SRUjxSDBDTTWZQ_xtQhVag471qvanRGAncSvlGROoU

In just six precincts in and around UC Irvine, Democratic congresswoman-elect Katie Porter won 91 percent of ballots, beating two-term GOP Rep. Mimi Walters by 5,300 votes. Though those districts accounted for only 2 percent of all ballots cast in the race, they supplied Porter with nearly half her winning margin. Before being elected to represent the 45th Congressional District, Porter was a UC Irvine law professor.