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In reply to the discussion: Read a post that said DU sucks. [View all]It never fails that some part of DU reverts back to a good old fashioned youth-bash (at times in an indirect, oblique manner), often couched in left-punching terms (so a 2-fer). The oldest Millennials turn 44 years of age before the next POTUS is sworn in, and the youngest will have been able to vote (minus a handful born the last 7 or so weeks of 1996) for 6 elections come 2024, so the entre 'oh those damn kids' thing is really becoming tenuous.
Fruitful places to find this posturing can often be found on some thread about the outrageous cost of uni and/or the $10K (let alone the $50K amount that Schumer and Warren have been pushing for ages) student loan debt forgiveness that Biden campaigned on.
For 2024:
The combined number of Millennials and Gen Z generations are expected to equal the older ones as a share of actual voters on Election Day.
And by 2028, Millennials and Gen Z will dwarf the older generations as a share of both eligible and actual voters. That will be true not only nationally, but in all the crucial battleground states, according to previously unreleased projections provided to me by States of Change.
And by 2028, Millennials and Gen Z will dwarf the older generations as a share of both eligible and actual voters. That will be true not only nationally, but in all the crucial battleground states, according to previously unreleased projections provided to me by States of Change.
IF the youth-bash framing becomes dominant outside of here, then I think those people doing that should well understand why we may well will continue to see bad omen trends like this:
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I haven't been on DailyKos for at least 3 years. I liked it, but not enough.
GoneOffShore
Feb 2022
#101
That was probably the point to get one group against another going. Don't you think? n/t
applegrove
Feb 2022
#87
I did get that one block of government cheese during the Reagan administration
Generic Brad
Feb 2022
#219
I find it depressing that we have to fight for things that were a given 20 years ago
DFW
Feb 2022
#99
That is not really true...and LGBT equality has not been achieved either...we still have a fight on
Demsrule86
Feb 2022
#102
The world needs us old folks and it needs the youngsters. Anyone who said DU sucks doesn't
LoisB
Feb 2022
#43
Saw that. Like someone who doesn't cook spending lots of time trolling cooking forums.
betsuni
Feb 2022
#48
As I said in another post, before one couldn't get VA care w/o serving at least 20
Kaleva
Feb 2022
#226
I'm proud 0f the 50 years of hard work I put into working for social programs!
pazzyanne
Feb 2022
#258
Well, a lot of us were a whole lot younger when we signed up. I know I was, 19 years ago this month
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2022
#95
For those wondering about "free stuff," that means impossible populist promises.
betsuni
Feb 2022
#96
Thank you. That's what this is about and I'm sure all know it. It's the meme that losing is really
Nixie
Feb 2022
#161
We don't have the votes because the politicians we have are not progressive enough
questionseverything
Feb 2022
#233
50-50 senate now, the ACA only had a window of four months and ten days to pass ACA
betsuni
Feb 2022
#236
Btw states will never be able to give their citizens healthcare for all
questionseverything
Feb 2022
#234
What free stuff? People I know, none on DU, say I was lucky to get a lot of free stuff.
marie999
Feb 2022
#119
Not to rain on this shit on the young voters parade, but you do know they helped get Biden elected?
Cuthbert Allgood
Feb 2022
#126
What kind of malarkey is that! Those young whippersnappers voted for Biden you say?
progressoid
Feb 2022
#154
Some trolls sign up over and over,they get banned quickly. DU doesn't suck but some OPs sure do.
Autumn
Feb 2022
#171
It's a reason to start a "discussion" about young voters with the intended results.
Autumn
Feb 2022
#189
Sounds rather ageist to me. What happened to the Democratic Party (and DU) being a "big tent"?
George II
Feb 2022
#204
I'm still wondering why there's no link to this troll post that the OP says was not deleted.
BlackSkimmer
Feb 2022
#207
I see accusations of DUers being right-wingers using right-wing talking points and sources
betsuni
Feb 2022
#228