maybe, just as a thought, this might lead the left to advocate for LOWERING THE FUCKING VOTING AGE https://twitter.com/SeanMcElwee/status/872966869422145536 …
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Replying to @nberlat
This was the explicit logic behind the 26th Amendment but the electoral gains were weak at best
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Replying to @arthur_affect
well, you never know, but...I think it's the morally right thing to do anyway, .
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Replying to @nberlat
It literally happened right before 1972 and Nixon shellacked McGovern anyway
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Replying to @arthur_affect @nberlat
The push for the 26th Amendment came from the antiwar movement arguing anyone who could be drafted should be able to vote
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Replying to @arthur_affect @nberlat
The usual take on the effect on the '72 election was young voters were single-issue abt the war and the war had ceased to be a wedge
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