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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Young voters are a notoriously hard demographic, and they don’t pay off to court, not usually.

At least that's the argument for why the party only tries to court boomers and Republicans.

[–] scarabine@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree that it’s a stupid reason not to even try, yeah. But unfortunately it bears out, like it’s one of the reasons why Bernie didn’t do well in the 2016 primaries. His support in younger demographics was striking, but their primary vote attendance was not.

I think the problem is voter suppression, though, and not the voters fault. Making it harder to vote hits younger people directly. Making it easier to do via mail would probably change that dynamic completely.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Making it easier to do via mail would probably change that dynamic completely.

You think young people do mail? I don't. And that won't change things completely. Secure online voting would, but ugh, sooo many problems with that.

But I don't think young people are gonna do any better with mailing than they do now.