Tbh, the idea of the youth vote swinging an election seems like it's just never going to happen One history fun fact is that the 26th Amendment, creating a nationwide voting age of 18, passed in 1971, one year before Nixon crushed McGovern in a historic landslide
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I mean you know what presidential election did show a blip of increased youth participation, was Ronald Reagan's landslide in 1980
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Good research done recently into the behavior and demographics of nonvoters. Seems that adopting a policy platform amenable to nonvoters (particularly the young) is unlikely to motivate them to vote. And promoting a "the system is rigged" narrative makes them LESS likely.
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This is one reason I'm basically in despair, yes.
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