• makyo@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Downvote me if you want but it’s still a fact that older voters vote more reliably and therefore get better representation. I don’t know that GA was that large of a deviation but even if it was, in general the younger vote still can’t be counted on.

    Either way, your comment is case in point (if not also a bit misinformed) - if the youth vote is going to abandon the Dems after one election you can kind of see why they might consider spending more time and money going after a more reliable bloc.

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      6 months ago

      I love your framing here, “youth vote is going to abandon the Dems.” lol!

      The youth vote delivered a majority for the Dems, which was squandered yet again, because democrats don’t actually want to lead. Dems clearly are a fundraising organization, not a political organization.

      Shouldn’t the DNC have to do something to earn people’s votes? Instead they spit in our faces as they continue to serve the corporate donors.

      So fine, let them continue to court boomers. Because that will obviously work forever.

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        6 months ago

        Correction - you were the one that implied the young people were going to abandon the dems: “Biden had his chance, and blew it”

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          6 months ago

          You’re missing their point. Biden didn’t abandon younger voters because he never supported them in the first place. He talked a good game so he had their support which is why he won in 2020. Now that it’s clear they never had his support yes, they will abandon him.