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2016 Postmortem

RandySF

(58,772 posts) Tue Sep 20, 2016, 10:10 AM Sep 2016

Are millennials voting third party old enough to remember George W. Bush?

If they came of age under Barack Obama, do they remember what George W. Bush put the country through after another third-party candidate flipped Florida and New Hampshire away from Al Gore? Yes, they have every right to vote for whomever is on the ballot, but not all of our impulses yield positive results. I hope, at some point, they understand the potential consequences.

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Are millennials voting third party old enough to remember George W. Bush? (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2016 OP

I have voted since 18 SHRED Sep 2016 #1

1972 here, in the first 18 y/o's that got to vote. I fully agree with your assessment. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #3

Dont blame millennials...there are other idjits doing the same thing Fresh_Start Sep 2016 #2

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

1. I have voted since 18

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Sep 20, 2016, 10:18 AM

Sep 2016

And that was 1974.

I think I'm a rarity in that do "millennials" even bother to vote?

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)

3. 1972 here, in the first 18 y/o's that got to vote. I fully agree with your assessment.

Reply to SHRED (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 20, 2016, 10:25 AM

Sep 2016

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)

2. Dont blame millennials...there are other idjits doing the same thing

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Sep 20, 2016, 10:22 AM

Sep 2016

and those idjits don't have the excuse of youth.

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