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A new report from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University finds that, in 2014, youth voter turnout fell to its lowest level on record. Just 19.9 percent of 18- to 29-year-old citizens cast ballots last fall, compared with an average of 26.6 percent for the same age range in other midterm elections over the previous 40 years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/where-are-the-young-voters/2015/07/23/2781990e-316f-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html?hpid=z5
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/where-are-the-young-voters/2015/07/23/2781990e-316f-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html?hpid=z5
Democracy
Voting
United States
Election 2016
Posted >1 y ago
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You're far more likely to be killed en route to the polling place than for your vote to change the outcome of an election. Rational albeit cynical decision making can become intuitive quickly
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As an old DeadHead friend once said..
"Do you think that if voting really mattered they would let you do it"?
"Do you think that if voting really mattered they would let you do it"?
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It was the lowest on record for every age group, so beating up on young people is a little rough. This was the first time I voted in a midterm, and I was 27. In the last Presidential election 50% voted, and they went to the President 67 to 30. Had Gov. Romney been able to move that vote to 50-50 he would have won the election. I would be surprised if most of the people on this site would be happy to see the millennials vote since as a generational cohort they are larger than the baby boomers, and the most liberal of any that is still voting.
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Probably in their parent's basements staring at fading posters of Barack Milhous Carter wondering if they'll ever get a job and be able to pay even the interest on their massive student loans just as Paul Ryan said they would be.
In all honesty, voter apathy's probably the best thing for this country, especially amongst the young given the stupidity, naiveté and ignorance I see from them on a daily basis.
In all honesty, voter apathy's probably the best thing for this country, especially amongst the young given the stupidity, naiveté and ignorance I see from them on a daily basis.
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they are mostly well entertained, and will follow the instruction given to them what to vote :). lol
hopefully I am wrong ...
hopefully I am wrong ...
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As others have mentioned, I bet if the future finds us casting ballots using the fingerprint feature in an app on our iPhones, many more will participate. Tons of people vote weekly when it's American Idol/Dancing With The Stars season. Voting from the couch is something that Americans seem to have grown to love in recent years!
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Good Question Gunny. Damn Shame we can't get more of them involved in our Political Process. Make their Opinions Known and Heard.
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I would have cast a vote for President Obama, with my absentee ballot coming from a state that was voting for him anyway. Didn't see much point in taking the time.
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