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Hortensis

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30. I agree with your thinking. If it weren't for the

Reply to Me. (Reply #26)

Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:44 AM

Aug 2018

dynamics that resulted in the unthinkable in 2016, an authoritarian, wannabe fascist president, a dutiful-follower Republican congress, and potential packing of SCOTUS, with by far the worst of all a real rise of fascistic thinking and social conservative dominance among right-wing voters, I'd be sure you had to be right. Now I just believe it will probably turn out that way.

This time in 2016, before the hijacking, all polls of voters still showed they were giving Democrats the presidency for sure, the senate also virtually certain, and even possibly the house. This second blue wave is also real and big, but the struggle for national power is huge and continues.

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Pollsters: Trump and GOP are losing young, female voters permanently [View all] bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 OP

The only people who are still republicans under the age of 30 htuttle Aug 2018 #1

Agree 100%. C Moon Aug 2018 #21

true dat paulkienitz Aug 2018 #24

Uneducated youth, we see them all the time in Oklahoma. redstatebluegirl Aug 2018 #28

That's Why They Continue Coming Up With New Ways To Cheat nt LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 #2

exactly. They will create a law to target young women "no voting in heels" Demovictory9 Aug 2018 #31

My daughter is one of these millenials. lark Aug 2018 #3

I'm the same way, just as a male. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #5

Thanks for that word from the real world! lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #11

My son turned 18 in time for the 2016 general (but not the primary). What a crap first election! deurbano Aug 2018 #18

I think this young woman's still in the fold... Leghorn21 Aug 2018 #4

Which young woman? GoCubsGo Aug 2018 #6

The tablecloth woman is 12, at least she acted that age. nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #8

Look at all of those white faces! Who knew? nt TwistOneUp Aug 2018 #16

Ah yes, the TRUMP base, fuled by burning rage... Still In Wisconsin Aug 2018 #23

That's no young woman! I don't see anybody in that photo calimary Aug 2018 #27

If the Democratic Party is "feminized" and sociopolitical Hortensis Aug 2018 #7

I Think Yes To The Eventual Breaking Of The Hold Me. Aug 2018 #26

I agree with your thinking. If it weren't for the Hortensis Aug 2018 #30

Roughly 28% of millennials seif-describe as liberal compared to 15% of Silent Generation Awsi Dooger Aug 2018 #9

Why would they be even within smell distance of the Repuke party to begin with?!1 UTUSN Aug 2018 #10

That's great--IF they turn out to vote Vogon_Glory Aug 2018 #12

They will disappoint again Awsi Dooger Aug 2018 #15

I'm expecting it to be somewhere between. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #19

That's a reasonable goal Awsi Dooger Aug 2018 #20

I just hope they get out and vote in records numbers NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #13

K&R smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #14

K&R Scurrilous Aug 2018 #17

So young women don't want a rich old pervert to grab them by the pussy? Still In Wisconsin Aug 2018 #22

And I'm sure their solution will be to repeal the 19th amendment pecosbob Aug 2018 #25

Maybe with a little luck, they won't have the women to reproduce with. world wide wally Aug 2018 #29