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In reply to the discussion: Millenials skip elections because they are young. The rest is excuses. [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)Right!
How ridiculous to write off a large bloc of voters who have a huge incentive TO vote? After all it determines their future. The kids today are smart and aware. We insult this whole group by implying that we (the adults) don't "need" their votes. Very stupid.
So (duh) the "youth vote" soon becomes the young adult vote which soon becomes the middle aged vote. Right now we have a country where people wake up to the importance of voting at 45! This is absurd. And it's because they don't start voting when they're young.
What we need is more encouragement to vote. We need to streamline the process and eliminate the suppression of the youth vote. Parents and schools need to be on board--get the kids voting EARLY. (Look at Scotland where they voted at 16 for the referendum). In Australia where everybody must vote (or at least show up at the polls)--people start voting young and they contribute substantially to the progressive agenda in that country.
VALUE the youth vote. It matters.
I think the OP is way off base here, but it gives me a chance to expound on this.