2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders’ supporters could doom his campaign [View all]passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)My nephew goes to U of O and he probably would not consider going door to door to sign up people to vote. But...he will use his iphone and texting to let everyone he knows that he is involved and planning on voting and hopes they will do the same. And he will use social media. It's the way the younger people connect these days.
He never even answers his phone any more, unless it's a text, so he doesn't pick up if I call him, which pisses me off.
But kids today think in conjunction with social media...and that's how they share and meet new people and reach out to old friends. And how they discuss causes and politics.
I'm not too worried about the young people this go-round, because so many of them are pretty enthused about Bernie. It's getting to the elderly people like me who don't have cell phones, can't text, don't do social media to keep in touch with anyone, and many may not even have a computer. We still need to reach those people with boots on the ground.