Young voters could have had Bernie this year (or in 2016) just by voting at the same rate as fifty-year-olds, and why they chose not to do it is a persistent political mystery. They turn out in enormous numbers to the rallies, but don't vote, even when voting is made very easy
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I imagine this must be incredibly frustrating to the young supporters who would move heaven and earth to win these votes, if they were available. But the bitter, bitter lesson in American politics is that they're called non-voters for a reason.
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The kids who care and talk about it do show up, there’s just a much larger portion of the younger population that completely ignores politics than at older ages
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Besides, student schedules and class attendance policies are typically a lot *more* flexible than adult work schedules in this economy (even for people working jobs which, pace very recent experience, *could* go full remote and flex time at the boss's whim).
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The excuses are endless, but the pattern has held for many decades
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And it’s reflected in pre-election polling too, right? I will research this. Thesis: It’s not that young people intend to vote but are somehow stymied on the way to the polls. They don’t even intend to vote.
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voting is like homework. kids don’t like doing homework even when it’s easy and you have like three weeks to do it
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