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In reply to the discussion: If you want to lose the Millennial vote completely, nominate Hillary Clinton. [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)I am among the oldest, my group votes. As time goes on, they follow our lead and vote like we do. I have gotten my cousins who are in their twenties to vote, but none of my older cousins ever did. I learned from my mother battling with her white conservative husband. His listened to Rush and gave me a reason to vote. I voted against him and his ilk.
We also were the ones who were grown when 9-11 happened. We know that it does mattet who is sitting behind the desk. We know that congree gets nothing done and haven't overridden many vetos in years. We know that republicans cannot override a veto with out democratic help. We know that the party doesn't want to hear what we have got to say. We know they see us as a burden.
What do you do when you aren't being heard? Being ignored? You scream or you go away. Some went away. Some realized that they will never get anything waiting on or asking for or trying to force the parties to change. So ballot measures are the way they can have a voice. And if the win, then the losing party should take tips from them, not bash them for not coming out for them.
You see, we live in a time different from yours, we have no privacy , the prison state targets us and the politicians increase funding and give tanks to those who would imprison us for using banned substances. It's all pain and no pleasure anymore. We have a whoke generation of black children growing up withoupt fathers and with mothers working 2 minimum wages jobs and we expect them to worry about Civics? Maybe the could if we stopped locking up their nonviolent fathers for trying to earn enough to kerp them off welfare. What does the dem party say about issues like this? Nothing. Still being all tough on crime, tough on youth, tough to understand.
We don't want the same exact things that people in their 60's or 70's want or think we should want. We want relief from the anxiety. Are eemocrats offering anysolutions beyond, I'll hurt you, but the next guy will really fuck you over.
Time to update the party. It needs to happen often and yes, the voters needs and wants have to be considered. Otherwise they won't vote for us. Simple as that. And ranting about lazy youth will not get them on our side. It will push them to Libertarians who WANT them and need them and seem willing to include somethings they want into the platform. They can pull libertarians left and leave us high and dry.