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That's a popular myth but it's just not true.
First of all, young people DO vote when they have something to vote FOR in stead of only something to vote against.
For example, the Kansas ballot measure that failed to make abortion illegal in the state had more young women voting than men of all ages combined.
It's very convenient for center right to right wing establishment Democrats and their friends in the media to say "they don't vote, so we might as well ignore them" (quiet part: "in favor of our rich donors"), but in reality some of them don't vote because all of them are ignored.
Second, it's not only 18 to 20-something Gen Z voters that are overwhelmingly and vehemently opposed to the genocide and US participation in it. It's also millennials. Combined, those two groups are every voter from 18 to 40-something. Do you REALLY think the Dems can afford to ignore everyone under 50?
Nope. In countries with fewer barriers to voting and enough choices that they don't have to vote for the lesser evil every time, young voters vote as much as any age group except 60/65+
Yeah, I highly doubt it.. Also, as I previously pointed out, the eldest millennials are in their 40s and overwhelmingly anti genocide and anti apartheid.
On the contrary. NOT doing that or anything in that direction is what could hand it to Trump.
You don't have to sell me on Trump being much worse. I was clear about knowing that in my first comment.
Which is, apart from the fact that it's morally repugnant, why I'm protesting the disastrous pro-Israel stance of the white house and the Harris campaign.
My man, I'm in Canada, young people have options, a minority of them vote. In France they vote less than other groups and a minority votes during the legislatives. A minority in the UK as well. It's also historically true looking back
If people reliably don't vote even If it means things being worse for them and even if they have options then what do they expect politicians to do?
"I highly doubt it", that's the thing, I've researched what I'm saying, you haven't
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/02/younger-americans-stand-out-in-their-views-of-the-israel-hamas-war/
I'm in Canada and you're wrong. Source
https://electionsanddemocracy.ca/elections-numbers-0/table-voter-turnout-age-group
No I'm not, right from the horse's mouth
My data is from StatsCan, who I trust more than your source.
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It's an Election Canada website...
https://electionsanddemocracy.ca/about-site
So we agree to disagree then.
What?
You're going to pretend that Election Canada isn't the best source for Election related statistics? What kind of Mickey Mouse logic is that?