• MagicShel@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    No one is dismissing their value. It’s exciting to see them energized. The youth vote has been trending up and that’s awesome for many reasons. But we may need another election or two to see if it will hold or if it’s a reaction to Trump that will revert to norms once he’s gone.

    If it holds, I think we are likely to see some changes in political calculus.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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      3 months ago

      This is the problem. You’re demanding that young voters just naturally show up for multiple voting cycles before you think politicians should try to court them. Why on earth would you expect that to work? Would you expect that to work for black voters or women? Voter motivation doesn’t rise and fall based on its own, it’s something politicians actively work to inspire. It wasn’t an accident that Obama had great turnout and Clinton had poor turnout.