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They were born in the late 1980's and early 1990's, and now they are of voting age.
Furthermore, they now out-number the Baby Boomers.
Far from being "asleep and disinterested in voting at all," as the Boomers would like for them to be, they show every sign of coming out to vote in huge numbers ... and they're not likely to vote either Republican or Democratic.
This is a generation that caught a glimpse of the relative economic prosperity of the 1990's, when we had things like "public" hospitals, colleges that you could attend without paying $350,000 to do so. (That's the price of a 4-year college degree at the local State University, according to their own web site ... up about $100,000 from last year.) And, so on.
They lived through the systematic dismantling of the things that their parents and grandparents could take for granted. And, they don't believe the tired, old lines that are being spouted by tired, old people ... the people who created the mess that they're now in. Neither "yet another Clinton," nor "a billionaire blow-hard," represent what this now-dominant bloc of voters actually wants.
Yes, it promises to be a very interesting season.
Last edited by sundialsvcs; 08-25-2016 at 09:26 AM.
This just means that in your opinion most millenials are swing voters. So what? There have always been swing voters.
But guess what? I bet if you look at the electoral votes of all the states after this is all said and done, that there will be few surprises in which states go for republicans and which states go for democrats. That crap unfortunately never changes.
Dion Hubert, 29, is one of 174 voters whose names were removed by the Hancock County Board of Elections from voter registration lists in Sparta, Georgia. Hubert petitioned the decision of the elections board during a hearing at the courthouse. The court ruled in his favor and his right to vote was restored.
Sometimes you have to look under the hood
I tell ya. The white good old boy fix is in. It is as obvious as a 9mm pistol being pointed at ones face.
This just means that in your opinion most millenials are swing voters. So what? There have always been swing voters.
But guess what? I bet if you look at the electoral votes of all the states after this is all said and done, that there will be few surprises in which states go for republicans and which states go for democrats. That crap unfortunately never changes.
The thing is, they're not "swing voters" anymore: they are now the majority. And, the upcoming election is really the first one about which this is true.
Yea I am a millennial (1982), but honestly I am not planning on voting. I am far too jaded, pessimistic, disenchanted (insert any other adjective here). Trump is a blip running on a populist theme, but eventually if not already he will run out of hot air. Clinton, well what is there to say? We had a brief pause of any dynasty (Bush Sr -> Clinton -> Bush Jr. -> Obama), so...what, now its back to Clinton again?
At this point, it is beyond a circus that I just want to try my best to drown it all out....Video games, Linux , and as a last resort, booze - to get me through this election season.
My father taught me by example that voting is not a right; it is a duty. If you choose not to do your duty, you abdicate your right. You also abdicate your right to criticize or complain.
If you are unwilling to vote for the lesser of two evils, you will most surely end up with the evil of two lessers.
Furthermore, the odds that any candidate will agree with you 100% are, in the US, with an approximate population of 324,000,000, approximately 323,999,999 to one.
I vote because there is no other option. Even if I don't particularly like any of the choices, I must live in the real world. (So far, at least, I've found no way not to live in the real world--Lord knows I've tried!); therefore I vote in the real world.
Afterthought:
Every generation seems to look down on succeeding ones, forgetting that they--we--were young and stupid once them(our)selves.
My father taught me by example that voting is not a right; it is a duty. If you choose not to do your duty, you abdicate your right. You also abdicate your right to criticize or complain.
Except that when politicians are completely bought, what exactly is the point?
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If you are unwilling to vote for the lesser of two evils, you will most surely end up with the evil of two lessers.
Its the same evil with different wrappers, there is no lesser evil.
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Furthermore, the odds that any candidate will agree with you 100% are, in the US, with an approximate population of 324,000,000, approximately 323,999,999 to one.
I'm not looking for 100% agreement, just no stupidity or bought out politicians is that too much to ask? (Wait, don't answer that).
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I vote because there is no other option. Even if I don't particularly like any of the choices, I must live in the real world, therefore I vote in the real world
The real world of Murrican' politics is lobbyists with their own interests that can 'out lobby' the little guy because they have cash, so more influence. Also tell me that lobbying is really nothing more but a euphemism for legalised bribery.
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