Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:15 PM

OliverQ (3,363 posts)

Young Democrats Have Rejected Biden -- And It Could Cost Him The Nomination

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/young-democrats-have-rejected-biden-and-it-could-cost-him-the-nomination/

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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18 replies	Author	Time	Post
Young Democrats Have Rejected Biden -- And It Could Cost Him The Nomination (Original post)	OliverQ	Feb 2020	OP
Can't lose what you never had	Apollo Zeus	Feb 2020	#1
Everyone here keeps telling me that they don't matter though	Downtown Hound	Feb 2020	#2
And at the convention democrats might reject their young voters	ripcord	Feb 2020	#3
I Wish Young Democrats	blue-wave	Feb 2020	#4
In 1972 McGovern counted on the youth vote	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Feb 2020	#9
This message was self-deleted by its author	democratisphere	Feb 2020	#5
👍 n/t	zackymilly	Feb 2020	#10
Yes. He isn't tossing out juice boxes. He is talking cold hard reality that	Blue_true	Feb 2020	#15
The ones unlikely to come out and vote ? Oh, ok.	OnDoutside	Feb 2020	#6
Or, It Couldn't	Me.	Feb 2020	#7
Last evening, a reporter from our local CBS affiliate interviewed	MineralMan	Feb 2020	#8
Can't ever count on the young voters to come out. It's sad. n/t	zackymilly	Feb 2020	#11
I don't think a restorationist narrative will be helpful.	David__77	Feb 2020	#12
If only they voted...nt	SidDithers	Feb 2020	#13
I wish I understood why all the young people like Bernie...	unitedwethrive	Feb 2020	#14
They don't trust anyone over 30 but Bernie, and you are over 30.	Blue_true	Feb 2020	#16
Oh no! What happened?	Kingofalldems	Feb 2020	#17
His signature bankruptcy bill is a deal-breaker.	Sympthsical	Feb 2020	#18

Response to OliverQ (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:16 PM

Apollo Zeus (239 posts)

1. Can't lose what you never had

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:16 PM

Downtown Hound (12,618 posts)

2. Everyone here keeps telling me that they don't matter though

Go figure.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to OliverQ (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:20 PM

ripcord (3,664 posts)

3. And at the convention democrats might reject their young voters

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:29 PM

blue-wave (3,840 posts)

4. I Wish Young Democrats

would learn from history. 1972 comes to mind.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to blue-wave (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:23 PM

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (94,842 posts)

9. In 1972 McGovern counted on the youth vote

We all saw how that turned out.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to democratisphere (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:25 PM

zackymilly (2,375 posts)

10. 👍 n/t

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Response to democratisphere (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:17 PM

Blue_true (31,261 posts)

15. Yes. He isn't tossing out juice boxes. He is talking cold hard reality that

only age and paying attention gives a person.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to OliverQ (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:34 PM

OnDoutside (19,656 posts)

6. The ones unlikely to come out and vote ? Oh, ok.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Response to OliverQ (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:16 PM

Me. (34,973 posts)

7. Or, It Couldn't

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Response to OliverQ (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:22 PM

MineralMan (144,938 posts)

8. Last evening, a reporter from our local CBS affiliate interviewed

several people about their opinions regarding who should be the Democratic nominee. Each had something to say about one or another candidate. Most striking to me, however, was a young woman who is a 20-something student at the University of Minnesota. She said, and I quote:

"I support Bernie Sanders. Free college and healthcare - what's not to like?"

It made me sad, because she's not going to get either thing, even if Sanders is elected. And that's the bottom line.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:26 PM

zackymilly (2,375 posts)

11. Can't ever count on the young voters to come out. It's sad. n/t

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Fri Feb 28, 2020, 07:19 PM

David__77 (21,447 posts)

12. I don't think a restorationist narrative will be helpful.

Just a thought.

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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Response to OliverQ (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 07:39 PM

SidDithers (44,228 posts)

13. If only they voted...nt

Sid

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Response to OliverQ (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:00 PM

unitedwethrive (1,988 posts)

14. I wish I understood why all the young people like Bernie...

it seems like a 78 year old s/p MI would be a big turn-off for future looking people. I know he is offering social programs that are appealing, but in the two party system we have, anyone who has been paying attention knows that they are not feasible or at all realistic.

I guess most of the younger candidates (except Buttigieg) have quit, but it seems like Booker or O'Rourke or Harris would have caught on more with this demographic. Someone please enlighten me - I'm a 40 y.o. woman and apparently out of touch!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to unitedwethrive (Reply #14)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:24 PM

Blue_true (31,261 posts)

16. They don't trust anyone over 30 but Bernie, and you are over 30.

Actually, as a 40 year person, you have faced responsibility for like 17-18 years minimum, you know that real concrete change doesn't magically happen and that even when change does happen, it only happens via compromise.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to OliverQ (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:29 PM

Kingofalldems (36,755 posts)

17. Oh no! What happened?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Response to OliverQ (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:34 PM

Sympthsical (6,040 posts)

18. His signature bankruptcy bill is a deal-breaker.

It has wreaked untold misery on under 45s. It economically crippled many of us.

He’s just not going to ever win the demographic that suffered the consequences of that bit of personal illiberalism. I’m glad donors in Delaware liked him for it.

No one else.

Chickens may be approaching the roost.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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